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WORCESTER 

i VEST-POCKET GUIDE. 

Copyright 1882: by Moses King. 



A BIT OF HISTORY.— Worcester is often 
called " Ihe Heart of the Common wealth." It is 
the second cily in size in the State, Ihe Indian 
name was Quinsi.samond. Worcester in Saxon sig- 
nifies war-castle (We-era-ccaster.) The first settler 
was Ephraim Curtis (1672), an ancestor of the Hon. 
George William Curtis of New York. The village 
was destroyed two or three times by Indians, and 
was not permanently settled until 1675. It was pur- 
chased of sagamore Woonaskochu for £,\7.. The 
central settlement was made about 1684; incorpor- 
ated in 1722: city charter granted Feb. 29, 1848. 
The city is beautifully situated in a hilly region on 
the HIackstone River. The chief business portion 
of the city lies in a narrow valley running N. and 
S.; latitude 42°i6'i7" N., longitude i7'43'i3"W. 
Distance west of Boston, 44 miles. It was made 
a shire town of Worcester County in 1731. It is the 
terminus of four railroads: namely, the Providence 
and Worcester, the Norwich and Worcester, the 
Worcester and Nashua, and the Boston, Rarrc, and 
Gardner. It is also traversed by the Boston and 
Albany Railroad. The area of the city is 36 sq. 



2 Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide, 

miles, or 23 ,040 acres. The population is about 60,- 
000, of whom 5,000 are French Canadians. Tiie 
city is divided into 8 wards, and contains 13 vil- 
lages, some of them the seat of manufacturing estab- 
lishments. Worcester is chiefly noted for its manu- 
factories. There are 24 boot and shoe manufacto- 
ries, producing about $5,000,000 worth of goods a 
year. There are 13 woollen manufactories. The 
wire mills of the Washburn & Woen Company are 
the largest in the world. There are three daily 
newspapers, three weekly, and one semi-weekly. 
There are two colleges, three preparatory academies, 
two large State Insane Asylums, and several large 
libraries, including that of the American Antiqua- 
rian Society. The industries are so numerous and 
so varied that nothing short of a general depression 
in all branches of trade is ever likely to affect the 
prosperity of Worcester, even though some of the 
interests may at times be alTectcd. For a city of 
its size the educational facilities are almost un- 
equalled. The people, too, take the greatest pride 
in the city's welfare, and an active interest in every 
movement that is likely to prove advantageous to 
the city, which, consequently, is a busy and a happy 
one, with much culture, an illustrious history, and a 
fine spirit of patriotism. Its future is as bright as 
that of any New England city. 

ACADEMY, THE "WORCESTER. —An 

outgrowth of the Worcester Manual Labor High 
School (founded 1834). The school has occupied 
several sites. The present property on Union Hill, 
cor. Providence St. and Union Av., Ward 4, was 
purchased in 1869 for $40,000. The building is of 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 3 

brick, and with its numerous towers and pinnacles 
forms a very imposing appearance. The insiituiion 
prepares for colleges and higher scientific schools. 
It has an unusual number of scholarships. Nathan 
Leavenworth, principal. 

ACTIONS FOR ORGANS. — See Carpenter 

Organ Manufactory. 

AGRICULTURAL GROUNDS comprise 
nearly 25 acres of land (266,134 sq. ft.) W. of the 
Court House, and bounded by Agricultural, High- 
land, and Sever Sts. There are a large hall and a 
5-niiie trotting park on the grounds. Prest. of the 
Agricultural Society (organized 1817), Chas. B. 
Pratt. 

ALLEN ASSOCIATES. — See Societies. 

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH (Protestant Episco- 
pal), Irving, cor. of Pleasant St., is one of the finest 
churches m the coimiy. The parish, was org'd in 
1S43. April 7, 1S74, the original All Samts' Church 
was destroyed by fire; Dec. 29, 1874, ground was 
broken for the present structure, whose first stone 
was put in place May 13, 1875; corner-stone laid 
July 21, 1875; and dedication Jan. 4, 1877. The 
building has a granite foundation, and is built of 
brown stone. It is 133 ft. long, and the spire is 162 
ft. high. . The rector is the Rev. Wm. R. Hunting- 
ton, D.D., who has officiated here since 1S62. He 
is the longest-settled minister in the city. 

AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 

— See Antiquarian Society. 

ANTIQUITIES.— See Worcester Society of 
Antiquity. 



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ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, THE AMER. 
ICAN. — Cor. Main and Highland Sts. Formed 
in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, Levi Lincoln, and others. 
Anions the valuable early acqiiisition.s of the library 
were about 900 volumes from the Mather libraries, 
donated by Mrs. Crocker of Boston, — a grand- 
daughter ot Cotton Mather. The first library build- 
ing on the cor. of Summer and Belmont Sts., and 
most of the funds, were the gift of Isaiah Tliomas, 
LL.D., the founder and first president of the So- 
ciety. Mr. Stephen Salisbury, the present presi- 
dent, added to the building and the funds ;_ and 
there were other gifts. The addition to the society's 
building was made in 1877-78. The collections of 
MSS., antique books, Indian and archa.'ological 
specimens, form, for the curious and scholarly, one of 
the most interesting sights in the city. By the pro- 
visions of the by-laws, the number of American 
members can at no time exceed 140, scattered 
throughout the extent of the continent; but there is 
no limit to the election of foreign members. The 
aggregate of the several funds is now upwards of 
$80,000. The library contains about 70,000 vols., 
including 4,000 newspapers, from the Boston News 
Letter (1704) to those of the present time. Six vols, 
of very valuable Arclieeologia Americana have 
been published, besides many reports and minor 
publications. Here may be seen the origmal press 
on which Isaiah Thomas originally prmted the 
Worcester Spy. Annual meeting in October; semi- 
annual meeting in Boston at rooms of Am. Acad, 
of Arts and Sciences. 

ASNYBUMSKIT. — The highest point of land 
in the vicinity of Worcester. Seven miles N. E. of 



Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 5 

the city; summit 1,407.42 feet above tide-water. 
From the summit of Asnybumskit there is a mag- 
nificent view of Monadnock (3,186 feet high), 
Wachusett (2,008), and the Green Mts. beyond. 

ASYLUM FORTHE CHRONIC INSANE. 
— See Charities. 

BANCROFT'S BIRTHPLACE. — Leaving 
Lincohi Sq., and passing up Salisbury St. for three- 
fourths of a mile, we come to the house in which 
Hon. George Bancroft, the historian and statesman, 
was born. The house was built nearly 150 years 
ago by Aaron Walker, a blacksmith. It was after- 
wards kept as a public house by Benjamin Thayer, 
and then occupied by Rev. Aaron Bancroft, D.D., 
first minister of the Second Congregational Unita- 
rian Church of Worcester. 

BANKS, NATIONAL. — C^«j?ra/, 452 Main 
St., capital, $300,000. John C. Mason, Prest. ; 
Henry A. Marsh, Cash. 

City, cor. Main and Pearl Sts., capital $400,000. 
Calvin Foster, Prest.; Nathaniel Paine, Cash. 

Citizens, 425 Main St., capital $150,000. F. H. 
Kinnicult, Prest.; L. W. Hammond, Cash. 

First, 410 Main St., capital $300,000. E. A. 
Goodnow, Prest.; A. H. Waite, Cash. 

Mechanics, 2t}^ Main St., capital $300,000. 
Harrison Bliss, Prest.; George E. Merrill, Cash. 

Qninsig^avtond , 241 Main St., capital $250,000. 
Edward L. Davis, Prest, ; John L. Chamberlin, 
Cash. 

Worcester, 9 Foster St., capital $500,000. 
Stephen . Salisbury, Prest. ; James P. Hamilton, 
Cash. 



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BANKS, ^PiNl\>\Q.^. — Mechanics, 311 Main 
St.; incorporated May 15, 1851. Harrison Bliss, 
Prest. ; Henry \yoodward, Treas. 

Peoples, 452 Main St.; incorporated May 13, 
1864. L. J. Knowles, Prest.; C. M. Bent, Treas. 

Worcester County Iiistituiion for Savings, 13 
Fo-ster St.; incorporated Feb. 8, 1828. Stephen 
Salisbury, jun., Prest.; Chas. A. Chase, Treas. 

Worcester Five Cents, 246 Main St. ; incorpo- 
rated April I, 1854. Clarendon Harris, Prest.; 
George W. Wheeler, Treas. 

See also People's Savings Bank, 

BARBED WIRE. —See Washburn & Moen 
Company. 

BARNARD, SUMNER, & CO., whose 
mammoth establishment occupies the Union Build- 
ing at Nos. 327 and 329 Main St., is the oldest and 
largest dry-goods and carpet house in this county. 
The buildmg, erected in 1851, is live stories high in- 
cluding the basen^ent; each floor 50 by 160 ft., and 
the total floor surface is about an acre. Its site has 
an historical interest. Here stood the wooden dwell- 
ing built in 1806 by Stephen Goddard, who occupied 
it until 1810, when he sold it to Deacon Jas. Wilson, 
the veteran Worcester postmaster from 1801 to 1833. 
It is impossible in the limited space even to indicate 
the innumerable articles sold in this establishment; 
for to-day a "dry-goods and carpet house" sells 
almost every thing used by a family, including par- 
ticularly dry goods, carpets, millinery, silks, suits, 
cloaks, notions, fancy goods, gentlemen's furnishing 
goods, upholstery, curtains, draperies, small wares, 
etc. The visitor or resident always finds here many 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 7 

interesting exhibits, and on pleasant days the throng 
is so great that it is ahnost impossible to get a sight 
of the many departments. The business was begun 
in 1834 by H. H. Chamberlin & Co., in a small 
store almost opposite the present large establish- 
ment. In 1S52 the firm name became Chamberlin, 
Barnard, & Co., which conunued until 1857, when 
the existing firm, composed of Lewis Barnard, 
George Sumner, and Otis E. Putnam, succeeded to 
the business, which they have multiplied many 
times in variety and in extent. 

BAY STATE HOUSE, on Main St., cor. of 
Exchange St., is the largest and best-conducted 
hotel in Worcester. On its site has stood a tavern 
or hotel ever since the town was incorporated, about 
160 years. In 1S54 the property was bought by the 
Bay State Hotel Corporation, who at once erected 
the present hotel, at a cost of $160,000, making it 
by far the best hotel in this part of Massachusetts. 
The front, on Main St., is five stories high and 100 
ft. long; on Exchange St. it is six stories high and 
170 ft. long. It has accommodations for 300 guests. 
Its situation is very convenient; the Herdic coaches, 
stages, and horse-cars passing directly in front. 
Ever since it was opened, in 1857, it has been the 
hostelry of most of the prominent visitors, and the 
chief centre for the political and other conventions 
and the numerous public gatherings usual to this city. 
Its various floors are reached by passenger and bag- 
gage elevator. The rooms throughout are large and 
airy, and the hotel is conducted as well as hotels 
generally are in cities of the size of Worcester. The 
landlords have been as follows ; (i)Warner Clifford ; 



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(2) Major Church Howe; (3) Lindsley & Randall; 
(4) Hatch & Wilcox; (5) Horace Barnes; (6) 
Chas. B. Pratt; (7) Pond &Shepard; and finally 
C8) the present landlord, W. L. Shepard, who has 
conducted the hotel since April, i88i, and has made 
various improvements. The hotel is on the European 
and American plans; the charges on the former 
varying from $1 to $3 a day, and on the latter from 
$3 to $4 a day. 

BIGELOW MONUMENT. — On the Com- 
mon; a slender and delicate piece of Gothic archi- 
tecture, erected in 1861 to the memory of Col. 
Timothy Bigeiow, of Revolutionary fame, by his 
great-grandson Timothy Bigeiow Lawrence. 

BOARD OF TRADE, THE WORCES- 
TER, org'd 1873, incorp'd 1875, once kept pleasant 
rooms for social gatherings and business meetings, 
but for various reasons gave them up a few years 
ago. The association is still maintained, and meets 
annually on the third Friday in January. The 
prest. is J. H. Walker, and the sec'y Chas. A, 
Chase. 

BOOKS RELATING TO WORCESTER. 

— The chief works are: History of Worcester, by 
Wm. Lincoln, with additions by Chas. Hersey 
(1862) ;^ Celebration of the Inhabitants of Worcester 
of the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of 
Independence (1876) ; Worcester in the War of the 
Revolution, by Albert A. Lovell (1876); Reminis- 
cences of Worcester, by Caleb A. Wall (1S77); 
History of Worcester, by Chas. A. Chase [in the 
History of Worcester County, published by Chas. 
F. Jewett & Co.] (1879) ; History of Worcester in 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 9 

the War of the Rebellion, by A. P. Marvin (1880) ; 
Illustrated Business Guide, published by Suovv, 
Woodman, & Co. (i33 ; the various volumes of 
the Worcester Society of Antiquity : the regular 
issues of the Worcester City Directory; and the 
several issues of the Worcester Almanac and Busi- 
ness Directory. 

BOOT MANUFACTURING. — See Hey- 
wood & Co. 

CANADIANS. — See French Canadians. 

CARPENTER'S ORGAN AND ORGAN- 
ACTION MANUFACTORY, occupying a 
large four-story brick budding on May St., near 
Main, is the largest organ-action factory in the 
world; and the Carpenter organs and actions rank 
among the best made anywhere. ' Ihis is evidenced 
by the recent award of the judges at the latest great 
exhibition, the International Cotton Exposition at 
Atlanta, Ga., where tlie judges granted to the Car- 
penter organs the highest award, " for sweetness 
and evenness of tone, ingenious combinations in all 
the arrangements, and action, variety, and general 
excellence in design and workmanship." It is not 
strange that this award was made, for the Carpenter 
family are among the piioneer organ-makers in 
America. E. B. Carpenter was a partner, in 1850, 
of the firm of Burdett & Carpenter, melodeon manu- 
facturers, in Brattleborough, Vt., the firm in reality 
consisting of only Mr. Carpenter and Jacob Estey. 
Since then he has been in the following firms: In 
1854, E. B. Carpenter, manufacturer of melodeons, 
in Brattleborough, Vt. ; in 1865, Tewksbury & Car- 
penter, organ-makers, Mendota, 111.; and m 1875, 



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Western Cottage Organ Co., Mendota, 111. His 
son, E. P. Carpenter, mherited a capacity and lik- 
ing for the business; and, in the 20 years in which he 
has devoted himself wholly to it, he has attained 
most noteworthy success. He has not only learned 
what his father's long and varied experience would 
naturally teach him, but he entered into the busi- 
ness with so many advanced ideas and practical 
improvements that most organ-manufacturers in 
America have been thoroughly aroused by his prog- 
ress. The people of Worcester all know him as 
one of the most industrious, most persevering, and 
most thrifty manufacturers in the city, and seem to 
take pleasure in his apparent prosperity. The fac- 
tory building, on May St., is four stories high, and 
has a frontage of 90 feet, a depth of 228 feet, an 
average width of 66 feet, a surface on the ground 
floor of 15,000 sq. ft., and a total floor surface (not 
including dry- houses and loft) of upwards of 60,000 
sq. ft. The Carpenter organ-actions include more 
than 100 varieties; and the organs are made for all 
purposes, — churches, schools, halls, families, chil- 
dren, etc. In these organs are many inventions of 
which the patents are held exclusively by this firm. 
The reeds, the cases, and all materials used, are 
guaranteed to be of the best grade, and complete 
reliance may always be placed on an organ bearing 
the name of E. P. Carpenter. 

CEMETERIES. — All the old burying-grounds 
of the city have disappeared; the remains of those 
buried in them during the first century and a quar- 
ter of the city's existence having been removed to 
the newer cemeteries. The first graveyard was at 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. n 

the cor. of Summer and Thomas Sts., in a grove of 
oaks. 28 persons were buried in it, previous to the 
establishment of the graveyard on the Common, in 

1730- 

Grove St. or Rtcral Cemetery, bet. Grove and 
Prescott Sts., established Feb. 23, 1838, by the 
Rural Cemetery Association (which itself was formed 
in the same year). It contains about 50 acres, and 
is one of the most charming places pf this kind. 
The original area was only 9 acres. There are many 
beautiful monuments. 

Hope Cemetery, established 1828, situated south- 
ward from New Worcester. The origmal 53 acres 
were bought by the city, in 1851, for $1,850. The 
first chairman of the trustees of the cemetery' was 
Hon. Levi Lmcoln, the first prest. of the Rural 
Cemetery Association. It comprises 67 acres. In a 
lovely spot in Hope Cemetery are buried the remains 
of the tenants of the old Pine St. Burial-place; and 
in another, those of the Mechanic St. Burial-ground. 
Hope Cemetery is owned by the city, and is so 
beautiful that it is used as a park by citizens of New 
Worcester. 

Rural Cemetery. — See Grove St. Cemetery. 

St. Anne's Catholic Buryiiig-Gronnd, Shrews- 
bury St., nr. Lake Quinsigamond. Contains about 
2 acres. Established in 1864. 

St. John's Catholic B urying-Ground , bet. Sut- 
ton Lane and Sutton Road, South Worcester. A 
beautiful cemetery, containing about 50 acres. Es- 
tablished in 1847. There are many fine monuments, 
among them that of the novelist, Father John 
Boyze. 

Tatnuck Catholic Buryitig-Ground contains 
about 2 acres; on Pleasant St. Established 1840. 



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CENTRAL PARK. — See Parks. 

CHARITIES AND HOSPITALS. 

Asylum for the Chronic Insane, The Tempo- 
rary. — Bounded by Summer, East Central, Asy- 
lum, Mulberry, and Smith Sts. Established by 
legislature in 1877. The old buildings of the State 
Lunatic Hospital on Summer St. were appropriated, 
and the institution opened Oct. 23, 1877. The in- 
mates consist of such chronic insane as are trans- 
ferred to the buildings by the State Board of 
Charities. 

On March 11,1882, the number of patients was 
388. The expenses for the year were $68,t45.47. 
Amount of restraint is reduced as much as possible. 
One-third of the patients are unrestrained by locks, 
except at night. The restraining apparatus consists 
of only six muffs, twenty wrist-straps and belts, and 
five camisoles. Letters of the patients are forward- 
ed as directed. There is work, out-door exercise, 
and weekly entertainments. Hosea M. Quinby, 
M.D., Supt. (resident). 

Children's Friend Society. — Main St., cat. 
Benefit. Organized 1848. Mrs. Mary W. Brown, 
First Directress. During the past year 79 children 
were received, 29 were placed in good homes, and 
15 of the boarders have returned to their homes: 
three children have been adopted during the year. 
There are now 33 in the home. 

City Hospital. — Cor. Hospital and Queen Sts. 
Founded June 26, 1871, when an appropriation of 
$To,ooowas made by the city; and in October of 
the same year the hospital opened to the public m 
the Bigelow Mansion on Front St. In 1872 the 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 13 

late George Jaques gave three acres of land on the 
south side of Prince St. for the site of a hospital, and, 
at his death, bequeathed to the hospital nearly all of 
his large property, valued at upwards of $200,000. In 
1874 the hospital was removed to the Jaques estate. 
In a few years the present brick building was begun 
on high adjoining ground. The old wooden build- 
ings have been divided into sections, and moved 
away. There are. seven trustees of the hospital 
chosen by the city council. Most of the patients 
are, or will be, non-paying. 

The hospital is a great ornament to the city, — a 
very attractive place to visit, now in its frei^hness 
and newness. It was opened in December, i88i; 
and up to March 10, 1882, 75 patients had been 
received at different times. There are accommoda- 
tions for 40. It is divided into two parts, — one for 
males, and another (e.vactiy similar) for females. 
The two ward-rooms have 15 beds in each. There 
are ten nicely furnished private rooms for paying 
patients. The wards are heated by steam-pipes 
beneath the floors. It is proposed to build, very 
soon, two isolated wards off the ends of the cor- 
ridors, and, some lime in the future, other wards. 
The building cost $70,000. Dr. Chas. A. Peabody, 
formerly at the State Lunatic Hospital, is the urbane 
and accomplished resident physician, to whom appli- 
cations must be made. 

Home For Aged Females. — Founded by a be- 
quest of $25,000 from Hon. Ichabo<i Washburn, in 
1868, who also provided for bestowing upon it his 
homestead and $42,500 on the decease of his widow. 
In 1873 a home at 50 Orange St. was purchased 
and fitted up at a cost of $28,000, and 7 trustees ap- 



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pointed. The trustees annually choose 24 visitors 
(one-half at least women), who control admissions. 
Each inmate pays an entrance fee of $100, and for 
this sum secures a pleasant home for life. Prest., 
Chas. F. Washburn. Board of visitors meets first 
Wednesday of each month. 

Lu7iatic Hospital, The State. — Millstone Hill, 
bordering Lake Quinsigamond. (Take Worcester 
and Shrewsbury dummy car at Union Depot for 
Bloomingdale. See also Omnibuses.) Opened 
Jan. 18, 1833. on Summer St., under the charge of 
I)r. Samuel R. Woodward. Various additions of 
land were made to this site; but, the institution be- 
ing crowded" for room, 300 acres of land were bought 
on the eastern side of Millstone Hill, and a vast 
hospital opened there in 1877. The building is a 
most imposing structure, on a most imposing sitcv 
A beautiful lake stretches away to the S., and varU* 
Ous while villages are seen far away in the distance^ 
in several directions. The building is of granite, 
with brick and granite trimmings. The whole num- 
ber of cases under treatment in 1881 was 782. Dur- 
ing the year 237 were admitted. Number of recov- 
eries, 54. Number of persons admitted from 1833 
to 1881 has been 9,450, The number of patients in 
the hospital on March 11, 1882. was 630. The pres- 
ent water-supply is obtauied !rom Bell Pond, which 
contains 11 acres, and lies 5o feet above the first 
Story of the building. It is decided to obtain the 
water-supply from the city water-works, high ser- 
vice. The garden and farm produce a great deal of 
vegetables, fruit, etc, — last year, e.g., 2,787 quarts 
of strawberries, 114,675 quarts of milk, 6,coo pounds 
of squashes, etc. The Supt. of the hospital is John 



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G. Park, M.D., and his assistant physicians Albert 
R. Moulton, E. V. Scribner, Everett Flood, smd 
J. H. Houston. 

Metnorial Hospital. — Founded by a bequest 
from the late Ichabod Washburn, but not yet estab- 
lished in a building. A free dispensary has been for 
some time maintained out of the fund. 

Old Men's Home. — Incorporated 1876, and re- 
ceived from Albert Curtis a valuable and desirable 
estate in New Worcester. No home has yet been 
fitted up, for lack of funds. Prest., Isaac Davis. 
Annual meeting, second Monday in January. 

Overseers 0/ the Poor have charge of the Alms- 
house, Truant School, and the insane. Regular 
meetings at City Hall, 7.30 p.m., on first Friday ot 
each month. During 1881 they expended for the 
poor, $15,523.54. Families who received aid, 680; 
or 2,119 persons. Of these, 133 were supported at 
the city almshouse for a part of the year. Total 
valuation of Poor Farm property in 1881 was $90,- 
895.59. Total expenditure for Truant School iu 
1881, $688.27. 

Poor Farm. — Consists of 304 acres, partly in the 
north-east part of Worcester, and partly in Shrews- 
bury and Boylston. It is under the charge of the 
overseers of the poor; B. F. Parkhurst, Sup't. The 
building cost $25,000, and was completed in 1855. 
The land is valued at $20,500, and the buildings at 
$38,500. The offal of the city is carried to the Poor 
Farm, and fed to swine. 

Truavt School. — There is a truant school con- 
nected with the Poor Farm; sup't, B. F. Parkhurst. 

Worcester Employment Society provides sew- 
ing for needy women. The garments made are 



1 6 Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide, 

sold in the city, or sent to Indians, freedmen, and 
sufferers by flood or famine. The society bears 
some analogy to the associated charities of other 
cities, since it affiliates with other local charitable 
organizations. In 1881,55 women were employed. 
Mrs. Theodore Brown, Prest. 

CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. — See 

Charities. 

CHIMES. —The Plymouth Cong.Trin. Church, 
cor. Pearl and Chestnut Sts., has a chime of ten bells 
which cost $5,500, and was presented to the church 
in 1880 by E. A. Goodnow, Prest. First National 
Bank. The bells were cast by Meneely of Troy, 
N.Y. Following are their weights and order in the 
scale: 3,000 lb., E-flat; 2,000 lb., F; 1,500 lb., G; 
1,200 lb., A-flat; Boo lb., B-flat; 500 lb., C; 4501b., 
D-nat: 400 lb., D; 350 lb., E-flat; 250 lb., E. The 
largest bell can be, and is, disconnected so as to 
serve the purposes of an ordinary bell. Judging 
from what has been told him by citizens, the donor 
of this chime has rea.son to consider the money spent 
for his little silver-tongued preachers as an excellent 
investment. The second largest organ in the city 
has also been placed in Plymouth Church through 
the liberality of Mr. Goodnow. 

CHOLLAR'S FURNITURE AND UP- 
HOLSTERY ESTABLISHMENT is one 
of the most e-xtensive industries in Worcester. 
Many people who frequently pass the Taylor Gran- 
ite Block, 476 Main St., opposite the Old South 
Church, have \\q idea whatever of the magnitude of 
this establishment, which occupies a floor surface 
of over 30,000 sq. ft. under one roof; and but 'i&w 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 17 

people realize that one of the largest and most varied 
stocks of furniture and upholstery to be seen any- 
where in this country is to be seen here in Worces- 
ter. A glance through the premises will, however, 
convince the most sceptical that Mr. ChoUar's stock 
is surpassed by not many American firms. On the 
first floor, as you enter, is a show-room, with nu- 
merous bits of display furniture. Next is the main 
office; then one room devoted to the display of 
fancy goods, rattan and cane goods; and then one 
large room containing a noteworthy exhibit of finely 
upholstered and truly artistic furniture, elegant 
hangings and draperies, and the novelties necessary 
to fit up houses in the most elaborate and most 
tasty manner. Back of the main room are the ship- 
ping and receiving rooms, occupying parts of two 
stories. On the second floor is one large hall, 
40 X 130 ft., with an annex 50 ft. square, for the 
display of suites of parlor and chamber furniture; 
and here 200 suites of furniture are always set up. 

On the third floor is a room, 40 x 130 feet, filled 
with all kinds of ordinary furniture, in infinite vari- 
ety, and at prices low enough to suit the poorest 
and most economical buyer. In the annex to this 
room, 50 ft. square, is a weli-selected variety of 
library, dining-room, and hall furniture. 

On th'e fourth floor is a series of rooms used for 
various purposes. The largest is the former Mili- 
tary Hall, once the City Armory, 50 x 85 ft., now 
used for the storage of the reserve stock of furniture 
of all kinds. The others are used respectively for 
finishing- room, cabinet-shop, cutting and sewing 
room for draperies, hangings, and upholsteries, and 
the upholstery room for custom-work. 



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From the above it will be seen that Mr. Chollar's 
premises include the whole of four stories, and a 
part of a filih. Of the 30,000 sq. ft., about 8-,ooo are 
used solely for storage and manufacturing. It is 
one of the best-lighled establishments of its class m 
this country. Tne aim of the firm has been to 
cater to every demand, from the very richest to the 
very poorest classes of people, to furnish all grades 
of goods, with prices consistent with the ki'XJS ot 
goods; and here the poor man may come to buy his 
small stock of substantial furniture at the lowest 
prices to be obtained anywhere, while the wealthier 
persons are sure of obtaining the best goods ottered 
by any house. John D. Chollar, the proprietor, is 
known to almost all Worcester people, as he has 
been a resident here for nearly 30 years, and during 
all this time he has devoted himself wholly to this 
line of business. His trade is not limited to Worces- 
ter but extends over many Stales, north, south, 
east, and west; the 'several railroads entering 
Worcester making it a convenient place to order 
from. A specialty is made of supplying bote s, 
boarding-houses, churches, Masonic and other halls, 
with their complete furniture outfits. 1 he business 
\s not confined to ready-made furniture, but, to a 
great extent, includes making to order any thing in 
this line. Special attention is given to repairing and 
upholstering all grades of furniture. 1 he building 
— Taylor's Granite Block— is one of the finest m 
the city, and all its floors are connected by elevator. 
Any resident or visitor who has never visited JNlr. 
Chollar's establishment would be well repaid for the 
time consumed in its inspection: being assured that 
everyone is welcome and very politely received. 



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CHORAL UNION, THE WORCESTER. 

— Urganized 1850; incorporated 1872. Carl Zer- 
rahn, musical director. Annual rehearsals in Octo- 
ber; Chas. E. Wilder, Prest. 

CHURCHES.— Worcester, like Brooklyn, N.Y, 
IS sometimes spoken of as the city of churches' 
It contains no fewer than 43,-8 Baptist, i Christa- 
delphian, 11 Congregational Trinitarian, i Disciples 
of Christ, I Friends, i Jewish, 10 Methodist, 6 
Koman Catholic, i Second Advent, 2 Unitarian, and 
I universalist. 

BAPTIST. 

De^vey Street, Dewey St., bet. Chandler and 
Pleasant; orgd. 1872; B. H. Lane, pastor, 

P\rst, Salem Sq.; orgd. 1812; Benjamin D. Mar- 
shall, pastor. 

Free, 321 Main St.; orgd. 1881; J. S. Burgess 
(supplying), pastor. 

French, 405 Main St.; orgd. 1881; Narcisse 
Duval, pastor. 

Lincoln Sq., 5 Highland St.; (Jrgd, 1881: T 
Judson Miller, pastor. 

Main St., 710 Main St.; orgd. 18=;^: 

pastor. » JO. , 

Pleasant St., Pleasant St. nr. Main; orgd, 1841: 
, pastor. 

Swedish, 405 Main St. ; orgd. 1881; Pierre Adolf 
Hjelm, pastor. 

CHRISTADELPHIAN. 

Christadelphian, 460 Main, , pastor. 

CONGREGATIONAL TRINITARIAN. 

• ,^^«'r'^'^» Main St. nr. George; orgd. 1820; Dan- 
iel Mernman, pastor. 



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First Parish (Old South), on the Common; 
orgd. 1816; J. F. Lovering, pastor. 

French Congregatio7ial, 8 Washington Sq. 
Org'd 1881. John Syvret, pastor. 

Highland-st. Chapel, Highland, cor. Boynton, 
Org'd 1S78. , pastor. ^ . , „„ 

Lake View Chapel, Lake View. Orgd 1880. 
, pastor. , 

Piedmont, Main, cor. Piedmont. Org'd 1872. 
David O. Mears, pastor. 

Plymouth, Pearl St., cor. Chestnut. Org d 1869. 
Geo. W. Phillips, pastor. ^ , , „ „ 

Salem St., Salem Sq., near Front. Orgd 1848. 
Chas. M. Lamson, pastor. 

Stimmer-st. Mission Chanel, Summer, cor. 
Bridge. Org'd 1865. \Vm. T. Sleeper, pastor. 

Swedish Congregational, 8 Wash. Sq, Orgd 
1880. Geo. Wiberg, pastor. 

Utiioti, Front St., cor. Carlton. Orgd 1836. 
Henry A. Stimson, pastor. 

♦DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. 

Church of Christ, Thomas St., bet. Union and 
Main. Org'd i860. Frank N. Calvin, pastor. 

FRIENDS. 

Society of Friends, Oxford St., cor. Chatham. 
Org'd 1837. John B. Daniels. 

JEWISH. 

Children of Israel, 476 Main St, Org'd 1877, 
Heiman Towvin, pastor. 

METHODIST. 

All Saints, Irving, cor. Pleasant St. Org'd 1843. 
Wm. R. Huntington, pastor. 



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Bethel African, Laurel, cor. Hanover. Org'd 
1867. D. H. Porter, pastor. 

Coral St., Coral St. Org'd 1872. Austin F. 
Herrick, pastor. 

Grace Free, Walnut St., near Main. Org'd 
1867. D. H. Ela, pastor. 

Laurel Street, Laurel St., cor. Carroll. Org'd 
1845, Garrett Beekman, pastor. 

St. Matthe'w's, South Worcester. Org'd 1871. 
Julius H. Waterbury, pastor. 

Swedish, Quinsigamond School House. Org'd 
1879. Albert F. Encson, pastor. 

Trinity, Main, cor. Chandler. Org'd 1830. C. 
L. Rogers, pastor. 

Webster Sq., Webster Sq. (New Worcester). 
Org'd i860. J. O. Knowles, pastor. 

Zio7i, 86 Exchange St. Org'd 1846. James C. 
Lodge, pastor. 

ROMAN CATHOLIC. 

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Pres- 
cott St., near Lexington. Org'd 1874. Robert 
Walsh, pastor, 

Chtirch of the Sacred //e?<2rz', Cambridge St., 
cor. Pitt. Org'd 1880. Thos. J. Conaty, pastor. 

Nctre Dame des Canadiens,-i\ Park St. Org'd 
1869. Firmin Vignon, pastor. 

St. A fine's, Shrewsbury, cor. E. Worcester St. 
Org'd 1855. Dennis Scannell, pastor. 

St. John's, Temple St., Ward 4. Org'd 1846. 
Thomas Griffin, pastor. 

St. Paul's, Chatham, cor. High. Org'd 1868. 
John J. Power, pastor. 



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SECOND ADVENT. 

Second Advent Church, Central, near Main St. 
Org'd 1841. Franklin D. Barnes, pastor. 

UNITARIAN. 

Church of the Unity, Elm St., near Main. 
Org'd 1845. Roland A. Wood, pastor. 

Second Parish, Main St., opp. Market. Org'd 
1785. , pastor. 

UNIVERSALIST. 

First Universalist, Pleasant St., near Chestnut. 
Org'd 1841. Moses H. Harris, pastor. 

CITY GOVERNMENT. — 1882. City Hall, 
cor. Main and Front Sts., on the Common. 

Mayor. — E'ijah B. Stoddard. 

Aldermen. — Benjamin Walker, Andrew Atlw, 
Dorrance S. Goddard, Hiram Fobes, Charles G. 
Reed, Matthew J. McCafferty, Loring Goes, R. 
James Tatman. 

Common Council. — Prest., Edward O. Parker. 

Ward I. — John G. Brady, J. L. Ellsworth, 
Thos. Smith. 

Ward 2. — Wm. F. Dearborn, F. J. Barnard, 
Chas. A. Harrington. 

Ward 3. — Jas. C. Coffey, D. J. Savage, John B. 
O'Leary. 

Ward 4. — J. J. O'Gorman, John J. White, 
Daniel S. Scannell. 

Ward 5. — Wm. O'Connell, Benjamin Booth, 
John Timon. 

Ward 6. —Edward Jones, J. W. Plaisted, Samuel 
C. Andrews. 



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Ward 7 —Edward O. Parker, G. E. Batchelder, 
G. A. Longley. 

Assessors. — L. A. Ely, J. P. Houghton, Levi 
Barker. 

Assistant Assessors. — Isaac N. Metcalf, Sam- 
uel E. Staples, John W. Foley, Patrick McCarty, 
Samuel D. May, Asaph R. Marshall, Jonathan 
Luther, Hammond W. Hubbard. 

City Clerk. — Enoch H. Towne. 

Treasurer and Collector. — Wm. S. Barton. 

Auditor. — Henry Griffin. 

City Engineer. — Charles A. Allen. 

City Solicitor. — Frank P. Goulding. 

City Physician. — Rufus Woodward. 

Commissioner of Highways. — Joseph S. Perry. 

SuPT. of Public Buildings. — Chas. H. Peck. 

SuPT. OF Sewers. — R H. Chamberlain. 

Registrars of Voters. — The City Clerk and 
clerk of Board of Assessors, ex officio, and Richard 
Matthews. 

Commissioners of Public Grounds. — Edward 
W. Lincoln, O. B. Hadwen, Stephen Salisbury, jun. 

Clerk of Common Council. — S. Hamilton 
Coe. 

Justice of Central District Court. — Hartley 
Williams. 

City Marshal. — James M. Drennan. 

City Messenger. — Charles Marvin. 

Clerk of Overseers of Poor. — Geo. W. Gale. 

Committee on Education. — The Mayor; Al- 
dermen Goddard and McC^fferty; President of the 
Council; Councilmen Longley, Barnard, and Scan- 
nell. 

Superintendent of Public Schools. — Albert 
P. Marble. 



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Clerk of School Board. — Chas. F. Pierce. 

Water Commissioner.— Frank E. Hall. 

Water Registrar. — J. Stewart Brown. 

Chief Fire Engineer. — Simon E. Combs. 

School Committee. — Rebecca Barnard, Sarah 
B. Earle, John J. Casey, John J. McCoy, Owen 
H. Conlin, Asaph R. Marshall, Emerson Warner, 
George E. Francis, George W. Phillips, Forrest E. 
Barker, Dennis Scannell, Jeremiah Murphy, Thom- 
as J. Conaty, George H. Ball, Kate C. I'aft, Rufus 
Woodward, Austin P. Cristy, Chas. M. Lamson, 
Eugene M. Moriarty, John B. Cosgrove, George C. 
Reidy, Alzirus Brown, Henry L. Parker, George 

Ward Officers.— JFarrf /. — Warden, T. e\. 
N. Eaton; clerk, Jas. Logan. 

Ward 2. — Warden, Forrest E. Barker; clerk, 
George W. Gale. , , t u 

Wards. — Warden, Lyman Brown; clerk, John 
P Fay. 

Ward ^. — Warden, Patrick H. Carroll; clerk, 
Jeremiah Hagerty. ,, ^^ .„ , , 

Ward /.— Warden, John H. Reilly; clerk, 
Wm. A. Adams. 

Ward b. — Warden, Jonathan C. French; clerk, 
Willis C. Young. , 

Ward 7. — Warden, Samuel E. Hildreth; clerk, 
Arthur E. Dennis. ^ ^. , , , 

Ward 5. — Warden, Edward R. Fiske; clerk, 
Woodbury C. Smith. 

CITY HALL. — On the Common. The corner- 
stone of the building, ^'s it originally stood, was laid 
Aug. 2, 1824. It was then only 64.X54 feet, and cost 
$7,000. In 1841 an extension of fifty feet was made 



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upon the E. side. The upper room has witnessed 
many notable poUtical gatherings and conventions. 
The building was also altered in 1848, 1852, 1857, 
and 1866. 

CITY HOSPITAL. — See Charities, 

CLOTHING. — See Macullar & Son. 

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS.— 

Charmingly situated on Mount Pakachoag, College 
St., near Southbridge; site of the old Nipmuck In- 
dian settlement, which was composed of praying 
converts of John Eliot. The college was founded in 
1843, by Rev. Benedict J. Fenwick, Bishop of Bos- 
ton, and by him presented to the Society of Jesus. 
Prepares young men for either a professional or a 
commercial career. Entire course, seven years. 
Academic term begins on first Wednesday of Sep- 
tember, and ends on the last Thursday in June, 
Rev. Edward D, Boone, Prest, 

COMMON, THE,— Also called Central Park. 
At Front, Park, Salem, and Main Sts. It was set 
apart for a training-field and for the location of a 
schoolhouse shortly after the settlement of the place. 
In 1719 the second church ever built in the city 
was erected on the Common. Until about 1838 
two highways crossed it diagonally. In the eastern 
portion, where now stands a grove of trees, the old 
burial-ground was located. In about 1853 ^ care- 
ful plan was made of this graveyard, and preserved, 
and the stones were sunk into the ground over the 
graves, the inscriptions having been previously 
copied. A pound also stood at one time on the 
east side of the Common. Other buildings formerly 



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on the Common were the cannon-house of the Artil- 
lery Company, the hearse-house, a hook-and-ladder 
house, and two schoolhouses. For over thirty years 
the Norwich and Worcester Railroad ran across the 
Common; also, for a few years, the Providence 
and Worcester Railroad. On the Common there 
now remain only the Old South Church, City Hall, 
the Soldiers' Monument, and the Bigelow Monu- 
ment. In 1834 the Common was fenced in. The 
old pound and the hearse-house were removed in 
1849. The area of the Common in 1734 was 11 acres 
and 140 rods: it now contains 7 acres of ground 
shaded by noble trees, and traversed by broad malls. 

COMMONWEALTH CLUB,' THE. — 11 
Foster St., second floor; org'd. 1880, by citizens, to 
promote political knowledge among its members. 
In January, 1881, it was incorporated "for the 
purpose of establishing and maintaining a place for 
the uses of a reading-room, library, and for social 
meeting." The clubrooms are open from 7 a.m. to 
II P.IM. The membership, now exceeding 200, in- 
cludes many of the best-known citizens. 

CONTINENTALS, THE WORCES- 
TER, is an independent military org'n, and com- 
prises a battalion of companies, having in all 140 
men. It was statted in 1876. Its armory is in the 
Old Theatre Building, at 12 Front St. It makes 
one parade in the spring and another in the autumn. 
Its commander is Lieut. Col. W. S. B. Hopkins. 
The uniform is like that of the officers in the Conti- 
nental army of 1776. 

COUNTY JAIL. — See Jail. 

COURT-HOUSES, COUNTY. —On Court 



Worcester Vesi- Pocket Guide. 27 

Hill, near Lincoln Sq. The present brick building, 
erected in 1801-3, is the third in a lineal succession, 
the first having been built in 1733. The large and 
elegant building of Quincy granite, S. of the brick 
building, was built in 1845 at a cost of $100,000, It 
is on the site of the dwelling of Isaiah Thomas, the 
famous patriot printer. The architecture resembles 
in some parts that of the Tower of the Winds at 
Athens. The whole building, except the rear end, 
is made of hammered stone. In 1879 an addition 
was made to this new court-house, at a cost of 
$50,000. 

COURTS. 

Supre7ne yudicial Court. — At Worcester: 
Jury Term, April 11; Law Term, Oct. 3. Rules in 
Equity, first Monday in every month. 

Superior Court. — At Worcester: criminal cases, 
Jan. 16, May 8, and Oct. 16; civil cases, March 
6, Sept. 4, and Dec. 11. 

Probate Court and Court of Ifisolvency. — Pro- 
bate office at S. Court-house, Worcester. Judge, 
Adin Thayer. Terms at Worcester, first and third 
Tuesdays of every month except August. 

County Cojninissioners. — At Worcester: fourth 
Tuesday in March, third Tuesday in June, second 
Tuesday in September, and fourth Tuesday in De- 
cember. 

District Courts. — Central District Court of 
Worcester, for civil cases, every Saturday in City 
Hall, Front and Main; criminal cases daily at City 
Hall at 9 A.M. Justice, Hartley Williams. 

Sheriff. — Augustus B. R. Sprague, Worcester. 

Clerk of the Courts. — Theodore S. Johnson. 



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Register of Deeds.— Yizxv&y B. Wilder. 

District A ttorney. — Francis T. Blackmer. 

County Commissioners. — William O. Brown of 
Fitchburg, Henry G. Taft of Uxbridge, George S. 
Duellof Brookfteld. 

Masters in Chancery. —Ac Worcester: J. Henry 
Hill, Joseph Mason, Henry C. Rice, Samuel Utley, 
George M. Woodward. 

COURT HILL. IS the name given to one of the 
most prominent eminences in the heart of Worces- 
ter,— at Lincoln Square, — on which are the two 
court-houses, Antiquarian Hall, the Second Congre- 
gational Church, etc. 

COW TAVERN was the name of an inn that 
many years ago stood at the junction of Salisbury 
and Front Sts. It gave way some years ago to 
make room for the attractive residence of F. P. 
Stowell. 

CUMMINGS BLOCK, erected in 1879, from 
55 to 61 Main St., is one of the best business blocks 
in the city. It was built by G. Henry Whilcomb, 
and named in honor of his mother, whose maiden 
name was Cummings. On the ground-floor are three 
commodious stores; and above, the several stones 
are arranged as " French flats," It is i)rovided with 
many conveniences and safeguards, including an 
automatic hydraulic elevator, and fire-proof en- 
trances rear and front. 

CURRIER'S INSURANCE AGENCY is 
one of the oldest and foremost in New England. It 
represents the general agency of the Lancashire 
Insurance Company of England, and the local 
agency of fifteen English and American companies. 



Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 29 

having gross assets of upwards of $75,000,000. 
Aug. N. Currier, who established and stiil conducts 
this agency, has been an underwriter for more than 
thirty-five years, having for many years man- 
aged the People's Insurance Company of Worces- 
ter. He is also one of the long-time and highly 
esteemed citizens, and holds important positions in 
numerous literary, social, financial, and other insti- 
tutions; such as director of the Central National 
Bank, the State Mutual Life Assurance Company, 
the People's Savings Bank, etc. The business done 
at this agency is probably the most extensive in 
Worcester; and while it includes the whole or par- 
tial insurance of many of the most important local 
industries, and the dwellings and personal property 
of a great number of people in Worcester County, 
it also draws to the city the premiums taken by 
about 125 agents in various parts of New England 
for the Lancashire of England, of which Mr. Cur- 
rier is the general agent. In the limited space, it is 
possible to enumerate only some of the companies 
represented by Mr. Currier, such as the Royal of 
Liverpool; London Assurance of London; Nor- 
wich Union of England; London and Lancashire 
of London ; Insurance Company of Nortli America, 
of Philadelphia; Pennsylvania Fire of Philadelphia; 
American of Philadelphia; Continental of New 
York; Spri.igfield of Springfield. Not one of all 
these companies has assets less than $i,coo,coo; and 
all of them have international reputations for the 
prompt and equitable settlement of losses. The 
offices at 377 Main Street are large and well lighted, 
and fully equipped for the several employees con- 
veniently to perform their varied work. 



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DEAN BUILDING, Lincoln Sq, cor. Summer 
St., is a large block 45 by 113 feet, erected m 1880 
by Stephen Salisbui'y,jun., as " French flats." On 
the first floor are two fine stores; and above, the 
floors are adapted to family uses. On the site of 
Dean Building once stood a tavern, which, owing to 
its connection with the jail, was known as the "Jail 
Tavern." 

DEAF-MUTE CHRISTIAN UNION, THE 
MASSACHUSETTS (undenominational), aims 
to provide regular religious services on Sunday, 
lectures, library and reading-room, and other means 
of social and intellectual improvement, with ex- 
perienced preachers and teachers using the sign- 
language. Meetings in March, September, and 
December, at 411 Main St. Annual meeting in 
June. Chas. E. Knight, prest, 

DEBT.— The funded city debt at the close of 
the last financial year was $2,582,300; the sinking- 
fund, $265,299.92; net debt, $2,180,551.12. The 
total water debt is $371,300. The city has no un- 
funded debt, and has $136,448.96 cash on hand. 

DESIGNING. — See Kyes & Woodbury. 

DISPENSARIES. — See Washburn Free Dis- 
pensary. 

DISTANCES FROM CITY HALL. 

MILES. 

Bloomingdale i^ 

Jamesville 3J4 

New Worcester 2 

Norlhville 2^ 

Quinsigamond 2 



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MILES. 

South Worcester i^ 

Summit 4% 

Tatnuck 3 

Valley Falls 3>^ 

DRY GOODS. — See Barnard, Sumner, & Co. 
ENGRAVING. — See Kyes & Woodbury. 

EXPRESS OFFICES. 

Adams Express Company, 396 Main St. 

Boston and Worcester Dispatch, 8 Foster St, 

New Express, 18 Mechanic St. 

Providence and Worcester Express, 8 Foster St. 

United States and Canada, 30 Front St. 

FIRE-ALARM BELLS are located: — 

First Unitarian Church, Court Hill. 

First Baptist Church, Salem Sq. 

Bell Tower, c. Pleasant and Oxford Sts. 

Steamer Two's house, Beacon St. 

Hose Two's house, Grafton c. Providence St. 

Also, Steam Gong at Grove-St. Wire Mill. 

FIRE-ALARM INSTRUCTIONS. 

1. Alarms should be given from the box nearest 
the location of the fire. 

2. Upon the discovery or positive information of 
a fire, unlock the box, pull down the slide or hook 
once only, and let go. This will give the desired 
alarm all over the city, repeating itself four times. 
After giving an alarm, always remain by the box 
until the arrival of the Department, so as to direct 
them to the location of the fire. 

3. Each box contains a small bell, which, if heard 
before you pull the hook, indicates that the alarm 



32 Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 

has been previously given from another box : in such 
cases do not pull the hook until you are sure the 
alarm has been completed. 

4. Never signal for a fire seen at a dis- 
tance: never touch the hook except to give an 
alarm of fire. Give an alarm for no cause other than 
actual fire. 

5. Never let the key go out of your possession 
unless called for by the Supt. of Fire- Alarm Tele- 
graph. If you change your residence or place of 
business where the key is kept, return it to him at 
headquarters, 80 Front St. 

FIRE-ALARM SIGNAL-BOXES. 

NO. 

4. City Hall. Key: Police Office. 

5. Trumbull Sq. Keys: drug-store, 50 Trumbull 

St.; Kendrick's stable, Franklin St.; 121 
Park St. 

6. Orange St., opposite Plymouth. Keys: c. Or- 

ange and Plymouth Sts. ; 74 Orange St.; 41 
Plymouth St. 

7. Hose Seven's House, Lamartine St. Keys: 

Hose House, and 42 Lamartine St. 

8. Chatham cor. Irving St. Keys: 37 Irving St., 

and 40 and 53 Chatham St. 

12. Main cor. Chandler St. Keys: Continental 

Hotel; 633 Main St.; 34 Chandler St. 

13. Webster Sq., Stockwell & Barrows's store. 

Keys: Stockwell & Barrows's store; A. G. 
Coes's counting-room; Loring Coes's count- 
ing-room, 10 Webster St. ; 1059 Main St. 

14. Steamer Three's House, School St. Keys: 

Steamer House, and 17 and 73 School St. 



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15. North cx)r. Grove St. Keys: 157 and 187 

Grove St.; i North St.; 188 Prescott St. 

16. Southbridge cor. Sargent St. Keys: Sargent's 

counting-room; Junction Shop engine-room; 
railroad depot. 

17. Main cor. Foster St. Keys: 359 Main St.; 

Lincoln House; Waldo House. 

18. Lincoln cor. Catharine St. Keys: 108, 109, and 

iiS Lincoln St. 
21. Main cor. May St. Keys: 842 Main St.; 9 
May St.; 7 Hammond St. 

23. Union St., Rice, Barton, & Fales's foundery. 

Keys: Rice, Barton, & Fales's office; Chas. 
Baker & Co.'s office; headquarters, Bigelow 
Court. 

24. Southbridge St., Chandler & Carr's store. 

Keys: Chandler & Carr's store; Adriatic 
Mill; drug-store, 468 Southbridge St. 

25. Salisbury St., nr. Grove. Keys: Wetherby, 

Rugg, & Richardson's counting-room; and 
21, 26, and 56 Salisbury St. 
e6, Portland cor. Madison .St. Keys: 96 Portland 
St., and 104 Southbridge St. 

27. Pleasant cor. West St. Keys: 4 West St., and 

143 Pleasant St. 

28. Millbury cor. Worth St. Keys: 62, 63, 64, and 

109 ^Iillbury St. 

31. Main cor. Richards St. Keys: 7 Beaver St., 

and 978 Main St. 

32. Ex-change cor. Union St. Keys: D. W. Pond's 

shop; Merrifield's engine-room; 78 Exchange 
St. 
34. Green St., Fox's mill. Keys: co6nting-room ; 
Crompton's loom works; 6 Vernon St.; 27 
Millbury St. 



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35. Winthrop cor. Vernon St. Keys: 49, 63, and 

65 Vernon St. 

36. Front cor. Spring St. Keys: 134 Front St. ; 9 

Trumbull St. ; Waverly House. 

37. Highland cor. North Ashland St. Keys: 55 

Highland St., and 64 North A.shland St. 

38. Salisbury St., nr. military academy. Keys: C. 

B. Metcalf's; Dr. Merrick Bemis's; John H. 
Pratt's; Chas. Baker's. 

41. Thomas cor. Summer St. Keys: drug-store,, 

93 Summer St.; i Prospect St.; 92 and 117 
Thomas St. 

42. Sou thbridge cor. Cambridge St. Keys: C romp- 

ton Carpet Mill, and 502 and 513 Soulhbridge 
St. 

43. Quinsigamond Wire Mill. Keys: wire mill; 

yand Benjamin Booth's house. 

45. Shrewsbury cor. Pine St. Keys : 102, 114, and 

T99 Shrewsbury St. 

46. Hose Two's house, Grafton St. Keys; hose- 

house; T. K. Earle's counting-room: Wash- 
burn's foundery, Grafton St.; J. H. & G. M'* 
Walker's office. 

47. Belmont St. cor. Oak Av. Keys: 60 Belmont 

St. ; 18 Oak Av. ; 30 Liberty St. 

48. Southgate cor. Camp St. Keys: 72, 87, and 89 

Souihgate St. 

51. Lincoln Sq. Keys: 11 Main St.; 16 Lincoln 

Sq.; Exchange Hotel. 

52. Prescott St., A. P. Richardson's shop. Keys: 

counting-room; Ames Plow Company's office; 
16 Pr«^scoit St. 

53. Providence cor. Harrison St. Keys: 56, 57, 

and 76 Providence St.; and Worcester Acad- 
emy. 



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«;4. Austin cor. Newbury St. Keys : grocery store, 
cor. Auhtm and Newbury bts.; iii and 113 
Austin bt. 

56. William cor. Chestnut St. Keys: 33 Chestnut 

8t. ; I Harvard iJtU Extinguisher house, 
John St. 

57. Hermon St., Taylor & Farley's factory. Keys: 

counting-room; J. S. Wheeler & Co.; drug* 
store, 725 Main St. 

58. Woodland cor. King St. Keys: t Woodland 

St. ; 35 King St. ; boot shop, 60 King St. 
61., Gardner St., Forehand & Wadswdrih's shop. 

Keys: Forehand & Wadsworth's office; store, 

Canterbury St.; 4 Mollis St.; 29 Wyman St.; 

71 .^Southgate St. 
62. Laurel cor. Edward St. Keys: 41 Edward St.; 

c. Laurel and Edward Sts. ; J. L. baker's 

stable. 
C3. Washington Sq. Keys: Union Station; 293 

Front St. ; Arcade Foundery. 

64. Grafton cor. Barclay St. Keys: 143 and 153 

Grafton St.; Stow & Co.'s boot shop. 

65. Elm St., opposite Linden. Keys: 22 and 46 

Elm St. 

67. Hose Six's house. Pleasant St. Keys: hose- 

house; 240 Pleasant St.; 4 Winslow St. 

68. Bloomingdale road cor. Norfolk St. Keys: 

Graton & Knight's tannery, and Boston and 
Albany engine-house and freight-house. 

71. Main cor. Central St. Keys: Harrington 
Brothers's stable, and W. S. Green's stable, 
Central St.; 249 and 265 Main bt. ; Bay State 
House. 

73 Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company's 
yard. Key: Company's office. 



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75. May cor. Woodland St. Keys: 30, 32, and 37 

May St., and 81 Woodland St. 

76. William cor. West St. Keys: 30 West St., and 

48 William St. 
8i. City Farm. Key: Police Office. 

FIRE-DEPARTMENT. —On Jan. zt. 1793, 
22 gentlemen associated themselves as the Worces- 
ter Fire Society. The association still exists; and 
btephen Salisbury, the senior member, has seen 59 
years of service. Each member was lormerly sup- 
plied with 2 leather buckets, 2 stout bags, a bed-key, 
and a screw-driver. With these articles they re- 
paired to the scene of a fire. The present body is 
wholly of an etnerttus character. The member- 
ship IS limited to 30, and includes an ex-attorney- 
general of the United titates, an ex-governor, sen- 
ator, judge, 3 ex-mayors, etc. Quarterly meetings, 
of a social and literary character, are held. The 
fire-alarm telegraph was introduced into Worcester 
in 1 87 1. One of the most valuable adjuncts of the 
fire-department is the Insurance Fire Patrol, rear 
466 Main St., organized 1875. The patrol wagon 
carries two Babcock extinguishers and other imple- 
ments. The members are ex-firemen. The manual 
force of the present fire-department ot Worcester 
consists of a chief engineer, 4 assistants, and 125 
other members of engme-companies, making a 
total of 130 men. There are also volunteer hose- 
companies at Goes Sq., and at Qumsigamond. 
There are 4 steam fire-engines, 12 hose-carriages, 
8,000 feet of hose, 3 hook-and-ladder trucks, and 12 
extinguishers. The companies use 17 horses. Total 
number of alarms in 1881 was 162. Loss on real and 



Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 37 

personal property, $62,451.59. There was $675,- 
995 insurance on this damaged property. There 
are 52 street signal-boxes. The headquarters of the 
fire-alarm telegraph are at 80 Front ht. The ex- 
penditure for the department in ibSi was $<«.6,- 
151.88. 

FIRE-INSURANCE COMPANIES. 

Tke First National Fire was incorporated in 
1868. It has a capital of $200,000, witn gross as- 
sets of $284,000. Charles B. Pratt, President. Of- 
fice, 410 Main St. 

The Merckants' and Farmers' Mutual was 
incorporated in 1846. It is now paying dividends 
of 50 per cent on five-year policies. Insures 
property of a safe class. Isaac Davis, President. 
Office, 240 Main St. 

The ^^ Old" Worcester Mutual was incorpo- 
rated in 1823. It pays sixty per cent dividends. 
Insures no merchandise or stock in trade. Office, 
377 Main St. Ebenezer Torrey, Prest. 

FIRST NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE 

CO. is the only Worcester stock fire-insurance 
company. It is not an institution of merely local 
importance, for its business is extended by means of 
regularly appomted agents over the whole country. 
It IS one of the conservative Massachusetts com- 
panies, preferring to do a small but safe business. 
It was incorporated in 1868, with a capital of 
$200,000; and by reason of its successful course its 
accumulations now amount to $284,000, of which 
$45,000 IS its re-insurance fund, and $19, oooits gross 
amount of liabilities, while its net surplus as re- 
gards policy-holders is $220,000; the gam lor i88i 



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alone being $i 1,000. Since its organizatiun it has 
promptly and honorably paid nearly one million 
dollars for losses, and at tl>e same lime has paid 
to stockholders nearly $90,000 for cash dividends, in 
addition to stock dividends of $50,000. The presi- 
dent IS Chas. B. Pratt; the secretary, R. James 
I'atman; and the assistant secretary, George A. 
Park. The directors are: Chas. B. Pratt, Hiram 
Fobes, Hartley Williams, H. B. Fay, R. (J.Taylor, 
C. S. lurner, VV. H. Dexter, Thomas Rice, J. D. 
Lovell, J. A. Norcross, R. F. Taylor, Geo. Draper, 
Wm. C. King. The company's office is in the First 
National Building, 410 Main St. 

FORESTEP.S. — See Societies. 

FREE INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL 
SClEiMCE, THE WORCESTER CUUNTY. 

— Chartered May 10, 1865. Free to all residents 
of Worcester County; others pay $150 a year. 
Founded by John Boynton of Templeton with an 
endowment of $127,000. Other donors have been 
Hon. Ichabod Washburn, Hon. Stephen Salisbury, 
and Hon. George F. Hoar. Grounds cover nearly 
7 acres m an attractive locality bet. Boynton and 
West Sts. The two main buildings are Boynton 
Hall and the Washburn Machine-shop. Boynton 
Hall is of granite, three stories in height, and was 
built by citizens of Worcester at a cost of about 
&67,ooo. Washburn Machine-shop is a large brick 
building of three stories, fitted tip lor practical stu- 
dent work in making machinists' tools, etc. The 
object of the school is to furnish a practical educa- 
tion in combination with an academic training. The 
decree conferred is that of Bachelor of Science. 



Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 39 

"^f^A ^'^ ^"^^^^^ instructors. The school has grad- 
uated II classes, aggregalmz 224 students, of whom 

do'^ns ^nJ^ ^'i^'f'^u ^""'^ obu.ned lucrative posi- 
tions. 1 he school follows in general the plan of the 

h;",h? w" 'i!,°v,^'^'^""'u''''°°["- '^'^« shop-work done 
wnr^ f^f ^^T ^I^^hme-shop ,s not mere amateur 
work but trade manutacture carried on "in order 
that the student may work in the atmosphere of 
real business.' During the past year there were 121 
students. In the catalogue are published very inter- 
esting statistics showing the positions occupied by 
the graduates. Ihe reference library contains 2,oi 
volumes. Principal, Chas. O. Thompson. 
FREIGHT DEPOTS. 
Boston and Albany. Bloomingdale Road 
Prescou?' ' ^""^ ^^^'•dn"- ^^rden St.. nr. 

Po^Sd?'' ^'^ Worcester. Park St.,bet. Main and 
Tempre!^'"'^ ^"^ Worcester. Green St. opposite 
Worcester and Nashua. Nr. Lincoln Sq. 

FRENCH CANADIANS. -There are about 
SIX thousand French Canadians in the dt^ They 
are almost all artisans, and are industrious people 
Park Sl^ '"'^'^ ^ '"^^ '"'''''^' '^^ ^°'^« Dam^. on 

tab^iSt^"^^-^ ^'^'^"-'^ ^"™"- Es- 

GAZETTE WORCESTER EVENING 

l^^R^.r^'^^ Mam Was first published as a daUy 
in 1843. It was established in i8or as the ^aiiouZ 



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Mgis. Its weekly edition is styled now the Mrzs 
and Gazette. The publishers are Chas. H. Doe 
& Co., and Mr. Doe has edited the paper for 15 
year=. During this time its growth has been very 
rapid, and its rooms have been much enlarged and 
improved. One of Hoe's best presses is used to 
print the three daily editions. The countmg-room 
IS on the first floor, entrance 390 Mam. .'-I'he en- 
trance to the editorial' rooms is at 392 Mam. ihe 
composing-room occupies the whole upper floor. 

GROVE-STREET CEMETERY. — See 
Cemeteries. 

HACK FARES. — Within the mile circle, legal 
fare 50 cents for siagle passenger; 25 cents for each 
additional passenger; from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., fare 
SO cents each pissenger. Within the iJ4 mile circle, 
fare 75 cents, 50 cents for each additional passenger 
belonging to the same party. Beyond the 1 V^ niile 
circle, special rates. Children over 3 and under 
12, half price. One trunk and one valise free ; for 
each additional trunk or valise, 5 cents. 

HALLS^ 

Antiquarian Hall. 

City Hall, Main, c. Front. 

Frohsinn Hall, 271 Main. 

Grand Army Hall. 344 Main. 

Horticultural Hall, 18 Front. 

Insurance Hall, 240 Main. 

Lincoln Hall, Maple St. 

Masonic Hall, Pearl St., nr. Mam. 

Mechanics* Hall, 321 Main. 

Music Hall, 20 Exchange. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, 11 Pleasant. 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 41 

St. George's Hall. 

Tatnuck Hall, Willard St., nr. Pleasant. 

Temperance Hall, 10 Foster, 

Turn Halle, Jackson. 

Washburn Hall, 321 Main. 

HERBERT HALL. — On Salisbury St., nr. 
Park Av. It is a home for nervous invalids, and 
persons afflicted with the milder mental disorders. 
Merrick Bemis, M.D., Supt. 

HEROIC PHAETON COMPANY. — 
Time Table. [Heavy figures denote Grove St.; 
Light figures denote Lincoln St.] 

Main-st. Coaches going N. — Leave Downing 
St. on the hour, and 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, minutes 
past each hour, from 6.20 a.m. to 10.10 p.m. Leave 
Benefit St. 5, 15,25, 35,45. 55, minutes past each 
hour, from 6.25 a.m. to 10.15 P-M. Leave Chandler 
St. on the hour, and 10, 30, 30,40, 50, min- 
utes past each hour, from 6.30 A.M. to 10.20 p.m. 
Leave City Hall 5, 15, 35, 35, 45, 55, minutes past 
each hour, from 6.35 a.m. to 10.25 P-M- 

Main-st. Coaches going S. — Leaye wire-mill, 
Grove St., 6.50 a.m. every 20 minutes to 10.30 p.m. 
Leave Kendall St. 7 a.m. every 20 minutes to 10.40 
p.m. Leave Mechanics Hall on the hour, 10, 
20, 30, 40, 50, minutes past each hour, from 7 a.m. to 
10.50 P.M. Leave City Hall 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 
minutes past each hour, from 7.03 a.m. to 10.53 P-M. 
Leave Chandler St. 8, 18, 23, 38, 48, 58, minutes 
past each hour, from 7.08 a.m. to 10.58 p.m. 

Front-st, Coaches make close connections with 
all other lines at City Hall, unless detained by 
trains. 



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Greett-st. Coaches leave Harrington Corner 5 
minutes past the hour and half hour, from 7.05 a.m. 
to 10.05 PM 

A nstin-st. Coaches leave Harrington Corner 5 
minutes past the hour and half-hour, from 7.05 a.m. 
to 10.05 P-M. 

Pleasant-st. Coaches leave c. of Maiil and Pleas- 
ant Sts. 5 minutes past the hour and hali-hour, from 
7.05 A.M. to 10 05 P.M. 

Elin-st. Coaches leave c. of Pearl and Main Sts. 
5 mmutes past the hour and half-hour, from 8.05 
A.M. to 10.05 P'M- 

Sunday Time. — On Sunday only the Green-st. 
and Pleasant-st. lines run. The first coach starts at 
10 A.M., and the last at 10 p.m. 

HERMITAGE, THE. —A pretty little pond 
at the foot of the W. side of Millstone Hill. 

HEY WOOD & CO., S. R., boot manufactory, 
is one of the most important industries ol Worcester 
County, and the members of the firm are among the 
most energetic and most devoted citizens of Worces- 
ter City; Air. Heywood, the senior member, having 
for the past quarter of a century been identified in 
many ways with the city government, and various 
local, literary, political, philanthropic, and religious 
organizations. The factory buildings are unusually 
neat and attractive. They were built in 1879 entirely 
of brick, with granite trimmings. The frontage of 
the main building is 140 feet; and of the two wings, 
91 ieet. They are five stories high, and contain 
47,000 sq. ft. of floor surface. They have a capacity of 
25,000 cases of boots a year, and give employment 
to 200 hands. Steam-power and steam-heat are 



Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 43 

supplied to all parts of the factory. 190 windows 
and 30 skylights furnish ample light and ventilaiion. 
It is situated on Winter St., and the entrance to the 
office is at No. 70 Winter St. 

The factory is devoted wholly to manufacturing 
a high grade of boots. The lower floor coniains 
the sole-leather cutting room; the second floor, the 
counting-room, private offices, and the crimping 
and shipping departments; the third floor, the cut- 
ting, fitting, and stitching rooms; the fourth floor, 
the finishing, treeing, and packing rooms; and the 
fifth floor is used wholly by the bottomers. The 
east wing of the building was built fireproof, for the 
.storage of finished goods and materials. The pro- 
ductions of the factory are men's, youth's, boys', 
and children's boots, which are made from kip, calf, 
split, and grain leather. All are uniform in quality 
and finish, made of the best materials, and strongly 
put together, chiefly by hand. The firm's customers 
are scattered throughout the United States and Ter- 
ritories; regular agencies being established in Phila- 
delphia and Chicago. The best-known brand of 
their boots is Wachusett, a name also given to the 
building, and taken from the Indian name of the 
highest mountain in Worcester County, at Princeton, 
Mass., where J\fr. Heywood was born. In 1873 
Mr. Heywood, who had been in the boot manufac- 
turing bu^i^ess since 1864, associated with him 
Oscar Phillips; and from that date the firm name has 
been S. R. Heywood & Co. 

HIGHLAND MILITARY ACADEMY.— 

Salisbury St., nr. Park St. Founded in 1856, by its 
present supt., C. B. Metcall, for many years a 



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teacher in Boston and Worcester . public schools. 
The English and the classical courses are each of 
four years. Tlie military drill is intended to im- 
prove the health and the personal carriage, as well 
as to promote discipline, among the young cadets. 
T S Burns, commandant; S. B.Clark, qr.-tnaster. 

HILLS. — Green Hill. — At terminus of Green 
Lane. Height, 777 feet .. t^ ^r m^„i, 

Messinger Hill, or F air mount.— ii. of North 

'^\ut£e]Hfll. -N. of Belmont. Height, 780 feet. 
Mount Ararat. — 'i.oi hx^-^zx. 

Mount St. 7ames. - Same as Pakachoag Hill 

Neivton Hill.-W. of Elm Park. Ht., 672 ft. 

Oak Hill. — Bet. Bioomingdale and Plantation. 

Fakackoag Hill, or Mount St. James.— ^t. 
College of Holy Cross. Height, 693 feet. 

/'rtKvr /////. -Fowler St. ^7" feet. 

Reservoir Hill. - S. of Belmont St. Height, 

U}iion Hill. — Nr. Providence St. Height, 625. 

Winter Hill. — Forest St. 

HISTORICAL MANSIONS. 

Old Salisbury Mansion. — Lincoln, bq.; omit 
in 1770, by Stephen Salisbury. 

Biirnside Estate. — U3:\n,nr.¥c^X.&xi>X. , 

Li7icoln House. — Elm, nr. Mam St. ; the site ol 
the estate of Hon. Levi Lincoln. , • . • 

Birthplace of George Bancroft, the historian. 

Salisbury St. ^ , t • 1 

Dr IVm. Paine House. — Formerly on Lincoln 
St., and now used as a tenement-house; c. of Grove 
and Lexington Sts. „ r~ j o i 

Old A ntiq7iarian Hall. — C. Summer and Bel- 
mont Sts Formerly used by the American Anti- 
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Worcester Vest- Pocket Guide. 45 

HOME FOR AGED FEMALES. — See 
Charities. 

HOMES OF PROMINENT PEOPLE. 

Senator George Frisbie Hoar. 34 Oak Av. 

Congressman Wm. W. Rice. 9 Bowdoin. 

Hon. Stephen Sahsbury. 10 Highland. 

Jonas G. Clark. 39 Elm. 

Judge Francis H. Dewey. 23 Chestnut. 

Judge P. Emory Aldrich. 64 Elm. 

Addison Macullar. 805 Main. 

L. J. Knowles. 842 Main. 

George S. Barton. 857 Main. 

Joseph H. Walker. Main, cor. Ripley. 

Samuel R. Heywood. 41 Oak Av. 

Loring Coes. 1049 Main. 

Philip L. Moen. 104 Lincoln. 

Charles F. Washburn. 36 Elm. 

Isaac Davis. 59 Elm. 

Thomas H. Dodge. 776 Main. 

George F. Verry. i8 Cedar. 

George Crompton. 121 Providence. 

Lewis Barnard. 95 Lincoln. 

Charles B. Pratt. 410 Main. 

Peter C. Bacon. 42 Elm. 

George M. Rice. 54 Elm. 

E. W. Vaill, 94 Woodland. 

G. Henry Whitcomb, Harvard St. 
' HOPE CEMETERY. — See Cemeteries. 

HORSE-RAILROAD, THE WORCES- 
TER, is the only one in the city. Its cars run 
from Lincoln Sq., Harrington Corner, Mechanics 
Hall, Union Station, Adams Sq., Webster Sq., 
Market St., and Harrington Av., as per following 
time-tables for 1882: — 



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UNION STATION CARS, [green ught.] 
GOING EAST, — TO THE STATION. 



Lv Lincoln 


Lv. Mechan- 


Lv. Harring- 


Ar. Union 


Square. 


ics Uall. 


ton Cor. 

■ 


fc^taliou. 


6.T5A.M. 


6.19A.M. 


6.21.A.M. 


6.26.A.M 


6.40 


6.46 


6.48 


653 


7.10 


7.16 


7.18 


7-23 


7.28 


7-34 


7-36 


7-41 


8.30 


8.36 


838 


8.43 


8.40 


8.46 


8.48 


8.53 


- 


9.10 


9.12 


9.17 


9.10 


9.16 


9.18 


9-23 


9-33 


9-39 


9.41 


9,46 


10.52 


10.58 


11.00 


11.05 


11. 17 


11.23 


II 25 


11,30 


11.52 


11. 5« 


12. CO 


12. 05!'. a. 


12.43l'.M. 


I2.49l'-M. 


I2.5I»'.M 


12.56 


1.08 


1.14 


1.16 


1.21 


125 


I-3I 


I 33 


1.38 


1.52 


1.58 


2 00 


2.05 


2.10 


2.16 


2.18 


2.23 


3.10 


3.16 


3-18 


323 


3-36 


3.42 


3 44 


3-49 


3.58 


404 


4.06 


4 II 


4.30 


4-36 


438 


443 


513 


5-19 


5-21 


5.26 ' 


5-43 


5-49 


5 51 


5.56 


6.13 


6.19 


6.21 


6.26 


6.52 


6.53 


7.00 


7.05 


7.04 


7.10 


7.12 


7 17 


8.06 


8 12 


8.14 


8 19 


8.43 


8.49 


851 


856 


9'-^5 


9 31 


9-33 


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UNION STATION CARS, [green light.] 
GOING WEST, — FROM THE STATION. 



Lv. Union 


Lv. Harring- 


Lv. Jlechan- 


Ar. Lincoln 


Station. 


ton Cor. 


icsHall. 


Square. 


6.45A.M. 


6.50A..M. 


6.52.V..M. 


6.57A.M. 


6.55 


7.00 


7.02 


7.07 


7.28 


7-33 


7 35 


7.40 


7-45 


7-50 


7 52 


7-57 


8 50 


8.55 


8.57 


9.02 


g.oo 


9.05 


9.07 


9.12 


9 23 


9.28 


9-30 


9-35 


9.28 


9-33 


9-35 


940 


9-50 


9-55 


9-57 


10.02 


II. 10 


n.15 


11.17 


11.22 


11.30 


11-35 


"•37 


11.42 


12.13H.M. 


12 18P M. 


I2.20P.U. 


12. 25P.M. 


i;o5 


1. 10 


1. 12 


1.17 


1.28 


1-33 


1-35 


1.40 


I 45 


1.50 


152 


r-57 


2 12 


2.17 


2.19 


2.24 


2-35 


2.40 


2.42 


2.47 


3-3C 


3-35 


3-37 


342 


3-52 


3-57 


3-59 


4.04 


4.18 


423 


4-25 


4 30 


4-55 


5.00 


5.02 


5-07 - 


5-35 


5-4=> 


5-42 


5-47 


6.08 


6.13 


6.15 


6.20 


63S 


6.43 


6.45 


6.50 


7-13 


7.18 


7.20 


725 


7-25 


7-30 


732 


7-37 


8.23 


8.28 


8.30 


8.35 


9-05 


9.10 


9.12 


9.17 


9.41 


9,46 


9.48 


9f53 



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ADAMS SQUARE CARS. 

Cars that are due at Mechanics Hall going north, 
at time given here, run to Adams Square. 

WEEK-DAY TIME. 

Leave Leave 

Mechanics Hall. Adams Square. 

Depot Car, 6.30 a.m. 



7.34 A.M. 






V^"- 


804 






8.21 


9-34 






9-51 


11.04 






II. 21 


12.04 P.M. 






12.21 P.M. 


12.34 






12.51 


1.04 






1. 21 


1-34 






1. 51 


304 






3.21 


4.04 






4.21 


5-04 






5-21 


6.04 






6.21 


6 34 






6.51 


7.04 






7.21 


9-34 






9-51 




SUNDAY TIME. 








For Church, 10.10 a.m 


12.19 P.M. 






12.36 P.M. 


1. 19 






1.36 


2.19 






2.36 


319 






336 


4.19 






4-36 


5-19 






5.36 


6.19 






6.36 


7.04 






7.21 


9.04 






9.21 



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Car leaves Market St. at 6 a.m. and quarter-hourlv 
until 13.*>0 M. Then every 7}^ minutes until 7.33 
P.M., then quarter-hourly to 9 P.M., then half-hourly 
to 10 P.M. 

Car leaves Harrington Av. at 7.33 a.m. and 
quarter-hourly until 8.37 p.m., then half-hourly 
until 9..53 p.m. 

Car leaves Webster Sq. at 6.33 and 6.35 a.m., 
and quarter-hourly until 9.30 p.m., then half-hourly 
until 10.:^5 p.m. 

An Extra Car will leave Market St. at 10.38 
P.M. for Webster Sq. 

. SUNDAYS. 

Cars leave Market St. at 8.30, 9.00, 9.30, A.M. 

Car leaves Harrington Av. at 9..')3 a.m., then 
half-hourly until 10.53 a.m., then qunrter-hourly 
until 8.37 p.m., then half-hourly until 9.33 p.m. 

Last car from Harrington Av. at 9.33 p.m. 
Last car from Webster Sq. 10.05 p.m. 

The above cars are designated by a Red light. 

Special Notice. —Cars for the Union Station 
pass Mechanics Hall about 15 minutes before the 
starting time for trains. 

This Co. was originally incorporated in 1861. The 
road was built in 1863 from the cor. of Lincoln and 
Harrington Sts. to Webster Sq., with branch lines 
through Front St. to Union Depot, and through 
Pleasant to West. This latter " spar " was discon- 
tinued after a few years. The company passed into 
the hands of the bondholders, and was incorporated 
under its present title in 1869. The company owns 
15 cars, and has put 3 new ones on the track during 
the past year. 85 horses are employed. There are 



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24 drivers and cohductors, and 5 miles of track, in- 
cluding the recent extension from Harrington Av. to 
Adams Sq. This extension of the road was opened 
in the spring of 1882. The Pres't of the road is 
Augustus Seeley, the Treas. and ^up't H. S. Searles. 

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — See 

Worcester County Horticultural Society. 

HOSPITALS. — See Charities and Hospitals. 

HOTELS. — The chief are: — 

Bay State House, Main and Exchange Sts. ; W. 
L. Shepard, proprietor (see notice of Bay State 
House). 

Contmental Hotel, Main and Chandler Sts.; 
E. A. Ward, proprietor. 

Lmcoln House, Elm and Main Sts.; George 
Tower, proprietor. 

United States Hotel, 242 Mechanic St.; F. G. 
Heath & Co., proprietors. 

Waldo House, 25 Waldo St.; R. N. Start, 
proprietor. 

HOUSE OF CORRECTION. — Sec Jails. 

HUNT RESERVOIR. — See Water-Depart- 
ment. 
INSURANCE FIRE PATROL. — See Fire- 

Department. 

JAIL, COUNTY, AND HOUSE OF COR- 
RECTION. — On Summer St., bet. Prospect and 
E. Central. Built in 1819; remodelled in 1832, and 
again in 1873, at a cost of about $200,000. The 
first jail in Worcester stood on Lincoln Sq. ; and the 
first jailer was Luke Brown, who also kept the 
*' Hancock Arms," a tavern in a contiguous building. 



Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 51 

JONAS G. CLARK BLOCK. — From 477 to 

5ti Main St. One of lie largest and handsomest 
business buildings in the city. Erected in 1882. 
Material, brick and iron with trimmings of New 
HampsTiire granite. 

KYES & WOODBURY are the leading wood- 
engravers in this State, outside of the city of 
Boston. The members of the firm, John F. Kyes 
and John C. Woodbury, are thoroughly artistic 
designers and practical engravers, and keep at work 
under their own personal supervision a number of 
skilled artists and engravers. Both members have 
lived for many yeasR in Worcester, and by reason of 
their energy and ability have built up a business 
not usually developed outside of large cities. Their 
patrons are scattered throughout New England and 
Western States; their chief work being for great 
manufacturing establishments, and their specialty 
the making of the highest grade of mechanical wood 
engraving, views of factories, illustrations of ma- 
chinery, lurniture, and other merchandise, for cata- 
logues and advertisements. Every effort is put 
forth to produce such wood-engravings as will best 
bring out the special merits of the particular objects 
to be illustrated, at the same time having due regard 
for tVie artistic appearance of the work. They keep 
a corps of sketchers and designers to send to any 
part of New England when necessary. Their offices 
and workrooms occupy the upper floor of the brick 
building, 352 Main St., cor. of Maple. 

LAKE VIEW. — See Quinsigamond Lake. 
LAMPS. — There are 705 gas-lamps, costing 
$133 year each. Also 916 oil-lamps, costing $21.90 



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a year each (6 cents per night). Total cost of hght- 
ing streets in iS3i was $31,292.19. 

LAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, THE 
WORCESTER COUNTY, org'd 1842; com- 
posed of members of the bar of the county. 
Library at South CoUrt House; contains upwards 
of 6,oo3 volumes. Open daily from 9 a.m. to i p.m., 
and from 2 to 5 p.m. 

LIBRARIES. 

American Antiquarian .^^i-zV/y has a v<;}uable 
library in its building, cor. Main and Highland Sts. 
Open from 9-12 a.m. and 2-5 P^i., except Sat. p.m. 

Circulatitig Libraries include those of George 
C. Holden, 394 Mam St. ; M. W. Pinkcrton, 7 Main 
St.; C. H. Fisher, 211 Main St.; A. F. Bragg, 568 
Main St.; and J. H. Manin, 63? Main St. 

Colleges, including College of the Holy Cross, 
Highland Military Academy, Normal School, 
Worcester Academy, and Worcester County Free 
Institute of Industrial Science (see these names on 
other pages), depend largely for their bpaks on the 
public library, and keep only reference or working 
libraries of their own. 

Free Public Library at 16 and 18 Elm St. A 
" Social Library" was farmed in Worcester in 1793, 
but little else is known about it. It was the first 
public library. In 1859 Dr. John Green pave to 
the city 7,coo vols, to ba used as a Free Public Li- 
brary forever. At the same time the Lyceum and 
Library Association gsve their library of 4,500 vols. 
The Public Library has had a great many other 
gifts and sources of income. The Library has five 
departments, namely: (i) the Circulating Depart- 



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ment, (2) the Green Reference Library, (3) Inter- 
mediate Department, (4) the Worcester District 
Medical Sooieiy's Library, and (5) the Free News- 
paper Reading Room. The Circulating ^^epart- 
raent is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday tog 
P.M. It contains about 20,000 vols, which can be 
drawn by residents over 15 years of age. The 11,000 
vols, of ihi Intermediate Department can be drawn 
under certain restrictions. The Green Library con- 
tains about 21,000 vols. Open from 9 A.M. to 9 p m. 
The Medical Library is free for consultation. The 
very amply supplied newspaper-room in the base- 
ment is free, and open from 8 a.m. to 9^ P M. 
On Sunday Green Library and newspaper-room 
open from 2 to 9 P.M. (This was the first library in 
New England to open its library and reading-room 
on Sunday.) A distinguishing feature of the 
Library is its close affiliation with the public schools. 
The pupils are encouraged in every possible way to 
read and consult the works in the libraries. In 
several respects this is one of the best and most use- 
ful libraries in the world. Nowhere is greater eflfort 
put forth to help those having to do work which can 
be facilitated by the use of books, — every facility 
being offered them to make the freest use of the 
abundant stores of books the library possesses. The 
system was inau :urated and is kept in existence by 
the present genial, energetic, and competent libra- 
rian, Samuel S. Green. The total circulation for 
the year ending Nov. 30, 1881, was 158,005 vols.; 
total Sunday use in 1881, 14,917; daily average, 
519; total number of names registered since July i, 
1873, is 20,137; total number of vols, in library up 
to March 10, 1882, was 52,796, exclusive of the 



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medical library. Expended for the library in i8Si, 
$15,850.03; in i860, $2,439.40. 

Hortic7iltural Socirty has a good library in its 
pleasan* rooms at HotticuUural Hall, 18 Front St. 
Open daily to members on application in the build- 
ing. 

Mechanics Association. — 321 Main. Library 
open to members, Monday and Wednesday even- 
ing«, and Saturday afternoon and evening. 

Miscellaneous Libyaries include those of the 
Lyceum and Natural History Association, i. Fos- 
ter St., open from 9 a.m. 10 5 p.m.; the Voung 
Men's Christian Association, 411 Main, open 8 
A.M. to 10 P.M.; St. John's Institute (Catholic), 
43 Temple; Sisters of Notre Dame, 36 Vernon St. ; 
High School, c. Maple and Walnut; Bangs's Unita- 
rian Library, in the Unitarian church, Main St., 
opposite Market; and the library of All Saints' 
Church, Irving, c. Pleasant. 

Sunday School Libraries number 43. 

Worcester Connty Law Library. — In the 
stone court-house, nr. Lincoln Sq. Accessible from 
9 to 7, and 2 to 5. The rooms are extremely pleas- 
ant, and free to all. 

Worcester Society of Antiquity. — 11 Foster 
St. Has a valuable historical library, open to mem- 
bers. 

The appro.ximate number of volumes and pam- 
phlets is as follows: — 

VOLUMES AND PAMPHLETS. 

All Saints' Church 1,500 

American Antiquarian Society 70,000 

Bangs's Unitarian 1,500 

County Law Library 6,000 



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VOLUMES AND PAMPHLETS. 

Fisher's Circulating 3.800 

Free Institute 2,000 

Free Public Library 52.800 

Highland Academy 1,000 

High School 1,500 

Holden's Circulating 2,300 

Holy Cross College 8,000 

Horticultural Society 2,000 

Lyceum and Natural History 500 

Martin's Circulating 1,000 

Mechanics' 6,000 

Normal School 4.493 

Pinkerton's Circulating 472 

St. John's Institute 1,500' 

Sisters of Notre Dame 1.500 

Sunday Schools 21,500 

Worcester Academy 1,500 

Worcester Medical Library 5,ooo 

Worcester Society of Antiquity ..... 8,000 

Young Men's Christian Association . . . 350 

LIFE-ASSURANCE COMPANY, STATE 
MUTUAL. — Chartered 1S44. Ratio of assets to 
liabilities, 127.17 to 100. The interest on invested 
funds has paid all losses, from the organization of 
the company to this date, and left a surplus for 
other expenses. Prest., Philip L. Moen of the 
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company. Clar- 
endon Harris, the original applicant for the com- 
pany's charter, has been the sec'y ever since the 
company was organized. Office, 240 Main Si. 
See also State Mutual Life Assurance Company. 



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LINCOLN BLOCK, extending on Main St. 
from Elm to Maple Sts., was formerly part of what 
is now the Lincoln House. On its site, about 1735, 
stood a small wooden building, kept as a tavern — 
The King's Arms — by Capt. Thomas Stearns, who 
was the first local sexton and grave-digger. He 
died in 1773; and then for ten years the tavern was 
kept by his widow. In 1784 the estate with its 80 
acres of land was bought by Wm. Sever, the 
father-in-law of the Hon. Levi Lincoln, who built 
his mansion here, and from whom comes the name 
by which the block, and the hotel adjoining, are 
known. In 1835 the mansion was converted into a 
hotel, " The Worcester House." In 1854 the pres- 
ent block was erected. It is 127 feet long, and four 
stones high. At first it was used as a hotel; but 
later the upper floors were used for offices and 
business purposes, and the ground-floor for stores 
of prominent firms, including the clothing firm of 
Macullar & Son, noticed elsewhere. 

LUNATIC HOSPITAL. — See Charities. 

LYCEUM. — See Worcester Lyceum. 

MACULLAR & SON are leading clothiers 
of Worcester County; and their store at Nos. 372 
and 374 Main St., in the Lincoln Block, near the 
corner of Elm St., is one of the largest, best lighted, 
and most attractive in the city of Worcester. The 
firm is one of the most highly respected in New 
England, the senior member, Addison Macullar, 
being also the senior member of the widely-known 
firm of Macullar, Parker, & Co., who stand at 
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Worcester Vest-Pocket Guide. 57 

the United States, their establishments in Boston 
and Providence ranking pre-eminently the best in 
their line in both those cities. The Worcester firm, 
although independent of the Boston firm, sells only 
the goods made in the Boston establishment, where 
upwards of 600 skilled workmen are kept constantly 
making men's clothing solely for the best retail 
trade. Moreover, these 600 hands make clothing 
only for the retail stores with which Mr. Macullar 
is connected in Boston, Providence, and Worcester: 
and it is a well-known fact throughout the United 
States that no firm in this country or Europe make% 
better garments for men's wear. The garments are 
equal in quality, style, and workmanship to the best 
custom-made goods of leading merchant tailors. 
None but all-wool cloth is used ; and every piece 
is thoroughly shrunk and carefully examined before 
it is cut up; and only the best and most thorough- 
ly tested materials and trimmings are employed. 
Mr. Macullar has been in this same line of business 
for upwards of forty years; beginning in Worcester 
as a poor boy, and securing, by his own exertions, 
a position among the most highly esteemed and 
wealthiest citizens. In 1879 he assocuited with him 
in the Worcester firm his son Frank R. Macullar, 
under the firm-name of Macullar & Son. 

MAILS. — See Post Office. 

MANUFACTORIES, SOME OF THE 
CHIEF. 

Ames Plow Company, Prescott St., bet. Prescott 
Place and Garden. 

Arcade Malleable Iron Works, 49 Washington Sq. 

Carpenter's Organ and Organ-action Manufac- 
tory, 9 May St, 



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. Goes & Co., A. G., wrenches, Mill and Leicester 
Sts. ; at New Worcester. 

Goes & Co., Loring, wrenches, i Goes Sq. 

Grompton's Loom Works, loom manufactory, 112 
Green St. 

Grompton Carpet Works, Southbridge St., nr. 
College St. 

Earle, T. K., card-clothing, 66 Grafton St. 

Forehand & Wadsworth, tire-arms, cor. Taintor 
and Gardner Sts. 

Gilbert Loom Company, loom manufactory, Fos- 
ter, near Union St. 

• Hey wood & Co., S. R., boot manufactory, Win- 
ter St. ., 

Knowles & Bro., L, J., looms. Junction Building^. 

Mernfield's Buildings, E.vchange and Union Sts. 

Pond's, D. W., machinists' tools manufactory, 
cor. Exchange and Union Sts. 

Rice, Barton, & Falcs machine and iron compa- 
ny, 2og Union St. 

VaiU, E. W., chair-works, 15 Union St. 

Washburn Iron Company, cor. Bloomingdale and 
Grafton Sts. 

Washburn & Moen's wire-works, cor. Prospect and 
Grove Sts. Branch at village of Quinsiaamond. 

Wheeler's Iron Foundry, Union cor. Thomas St. 

Whitcomb's Knvclope Factory, nr. Lincoln Sq. 

Worcester Wire Company, nr. Mitchell St. and 
P. and W. Railroad. 

Worcester Felling Company, cor. Union and Man- 
chester Sts. 

MASONS. — See Societies. 



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MAYORS FROM 1848 TO 1882. 

Levi Lincoln 1848-1849 

Henry Chapm 1849-1851 

Peter C. Bacon 1831-1853 

John S. C. Knowlton 1853-1855 

George W. Richardaon 1855-1856 

Isaac Davis 1856-1857 

George W. Richardson 1857-1858 

•Isaac Davis 1858-1859 

Alexander H. Bullock 1859-1860 

\Vm. W. Rice i85o-i86i 

Isaac Davis 1861-1862 

P. Emorv Aldrich 1862-1863 

Daniel Waldo Lincoln 1863-1865 

Phineas Ball 1865-1866 

Tames B. Blake 1866-1870 

Edward Earle 1871-1872 

George F. Verry 1872-1873 

Clark JiUson 1873-1874 

Edward L. Davis 1874-1875 

Clark Jillson 1875-1877 

Chas. B. Pratt 1877-1880 

Frank H. Kelley 1880-1881 

Elijah B. Stoddard 1881-1883 

Mayors are inaugurated for one year on the first 
Monday in every January. 

MECHANICS ASSOCIATION. —Founded 
Nov. 27, 1841. Courses of lectures have been given 
nearly every year, up to the present. Fairs have 
been held from time to time. The Association 
buildincr, 321 Main St., was dedicated March 19, 
1857. 'It is 100 x 145 feet. On the rirst floor are 
stores; on the second, ihe Washburn Hall and a 



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reading-room, library, and offices; and, on the third, 
Mechanics Hall, with a seatins^ capacity of 2,000. 
Library open Monday and Wednesday evenings, 
and Saturday afternoon and evening. 2 annual 
courses of lectures. Membership, about 1,200. 
Annual meeting, second Tuesday in April. The 
organ in Mechanics Hall is the largest in the city. 

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.— See Charities. 

MONUMENTS AND STATUES. —The 
Bigelow Monument and the Soldiers' Monument 
stand on the Common, and a marble statue of St. 
Paul is over the entrance to St. Paul's Church. In 
the Free Public Library is a life-size statue, in a 
silting posture, of Dr. John Green. 

MUSIC. — The leading musical organization is 
the Worcester-County Musical Asso'n.noiiced in its 
alphabetical place. The Worcester Choral Union is 
an older society, which formerly studied and per- 
formed oratorio music; but of late years it has 
given no concerts here. The Frohsinn, a German 
musical soc. org'd in 1858, has rooms ia Waldo 
Block. It is devoted to music and good cheer. Its 
prest. is Eenj. Zaeder; its Sec'y. Wm. Lichtenfels. 
Its annual masquerades, in Rlechanics Hall, are 
notable events. The Worcester Orchestral Union, 
org'd in 1875, is devoted to instrumental work. Its 
prest. is F. L. Faulkner; musical director, Albert 
W. Ingraham. It has given several classical con- 
certs, aud is developing a creduable style of work. 
The Apollo Club, org'd in 1880, is musical and social; 
meets semi-monthly, Monday evenings. Prest., 
Wm. F. Ewell; secy. A. T. Matthews. 

NATIONAL BANKS. — See Banks. 



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NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION. 

r— See Worcester Lyvcura. 

NEWSPAPERS. 

Mgis and Gazette.— 2,90 Main St.; weekly; 
Chas. H. Doe & Co., publishers. 

Le Cojtrricr de IVorcester. — 460 Mam; 
weekly; Belan<;er Brothers, editors and publishers. 

Le Travailleur. — 311 Main St.; semi-weekly 
(Tuesday and Friday); Ferd. Gagnon, editor and 
publisher. 

Massachusetts Si>y. — A^^ Main St.; weekly; 
John D. Baldwin & Sons, editors and publishers. 

Worcester Daily Spy. — 444 Main St. John D. 
Baldwin & Sons, editors and publishers. 

Worcester Daily Times. — 32 Front St. ; every 
afternoon (two editions). J. H. Mellen, editor and 
publisher. 

Worcester Eveniner Gazette. — 390 and 392 
Main St. Three editions daily. Chas. H. Doe & 
Co., publishers. 

NEW WORCESTER. ~2 miles S.W. from 
City Hall. A pleasant suburban village, offermg a 
pleasant route for a drive. The terminus of the 
Main-st. street-car line is here. 

NORMAL SCHOOL, THE STATE.— 
86 Prospect St. E. H. Russell, Principal. Estab- 
lished in 1 871. Located on one of Worcester's pic- 
turesque hills, and visible to all who approach the 
city by the Albany Railroad, Regular course, 2 
years. Free to those intending to become teachers. 
One prominent feature of the school is its system of 
apprenticeship, by which those who have studied 
one year in the school are allowed to acquire practi- 



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cnl experience as teachers, by assisting one year in 
some Worcester school; after which they may re* 
turn and take the final year of the course, 

ODD FELLOWS. — See Societies. 

OLD MEN'S HOME. —See Charities. 

OLD SOUTH CHURCH. — On the Com- 
mon. The first " meeting-house" in Worcester was 
built of logs near tho present junc. of Franklin and 
Green Sts. In 1719 a church was built on the site 
now occupied by the Old South. Present buildmg 
erected in 1763. First pastor. Rev. Andrew Gard- 
ner, The second pastor was Rev, Isaac Burr, an 
uncle of Aaron Burr. It is said that from this 
church was first read on Massachusetts soil the 
Declaiation of Independence; Isaiah Thomas hav- 
ing obtained a copy of it while the messenger was 
carrying it from Philadelphia to Boston, and reading 
it in Worcester on July 14, 1776. 

OLD WORCESTER MUTUAL FIRE 
INSURANCE CO. — See Fire Insurance Cos. 

OMNIBUSES. — See Stages. 

OREAD INSTITUTE, THE. — Foot of 

Oread Place, 814 Mam St. Founded in 1848 by 
Hon. Eli Thayer for the exclusive education of 
young ladies. The building with its castellated 
towers and walls resembles Warwick Castle in Eng- 
land in external appearance. It is 250 feet in length. 
The school was closed some time ago. 

ORGANS. — See Carpenter Organ Manufactory. 

ORPHANS' HOME,— See Children's Friend 
Society, under Charities. 



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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. — See 

Charities. 

PARKS, COMMONS, AND SQUARES. 

At^ric»it2i?'al Grounds. — Bounded by Agricul- 
tural, Sever, and Highland Sts. Area, 966,134 sq. ft. 

Central Park. — Also called the Old Common. 
Bounded by Front and Park, Salem and Main Sis. 
Area, 304,788 sq.ft. See also Common. 

Co7nino7i. — Same as Central Park. 

Ebn Park. — The largest in the city, bounded by 
Elm, Agricultural, and Highland Sts; traversed 
by Park Av. ; contains a lake. Area, 810.900 sq.ft.' 

Elm Square. — Cor. Hamilton and Orient Sts. 

Frankiin Square. — June. Main and South- 
bridge Sts. 

Lincobi Square. — June. Lincoln, Main, Union, 
Grove, and three other streets. 

Newton Square. — Park and Pleasant Sis. 

Grant Sqiiare. — On Paine's Hiil, N.E. part of 
city. 

Adams Sqitare. — Lincoln St., N. terminus of 
street-railroad. 

Truvtlnell Square. — June. Green, Fraiiklin, 
Park, and Trumbull Sts. 

IVaski'ngton Square. — June. Front and 
Shrewsbury Sts. 

Webster Square. -^ June. Leicester and Main 
Sts. 

PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK is one of the 
large and noteworthy institutions of Worcester. It 
was incorporated May 13, 1864; and, from the be- 
ginning, its officers and directors have included 



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many of the best, men in the city. In 1882 its 
officers are: President, L. J. Knowles; Vice-Presi- 
dents, John C. Mason, Calvin Foster, A. N. Cur- 
rier, W. W. Rice, Sumner Pratt, S. R. Heywood. 
Managers, George A. Brown, Henry A. Marsh, 
Wanen WiUiams, Phihp L. Moen, Thomas M. 
Rogers, Harlan P. Duncan, Jas. P. Hamilton, Chas. 
B. Whiting, John S. Baldwm, Edward W. Vaill, 
Horace Wyman, Samuel D. Nye; treasurer, C. M. 
Bent; corporation clerk, Henry C. Rice; teller and 
bookkeeper, Frederic Kimball; asst. bookkeeper, 
Wm. Burleigh; bank-clerk, Fred. W. White. It is 
purely a savings bank, and is conducted wholly in 
the interest of the people, who, with small means, 
wish to get interest on their savings. Its recent 
statement is as follows: — 



ASSETS. 

Public funds, market value . 
Railroad bonds, market value 
Bank stock, market value 
Loans on real estate . . 
Loans on personal security 
Loans on public funds . . 
Loans on bank stock . . 
Loans to cities and towns . 
Real estate, banking-house 
Real estate, by foreclosure 
Interest ....... 

Cash, bearing interest . . 
Cash in hand . . . . . 



$404,921 87 

160,580 00 

804,666 95 

1.308,748 16 

775.745 CO 

2,000 00 

400 00 

55,700 00 

65,000 00 

56,163 95 

48,939 98 

89.973 n 

11,665 41 

■y 

$3,784,504 41 



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LIABILITIES. 

Deposits $3,587,587 18 

Dividend No. 35 66,366 40 

Guarantee fund 57,6oi 97 

Profit and loss 20,550 77 

Suspense account 96 07 

$3,732,202 39 

SURPLUS. 

Excess of assets $52,302 06 

Guarantee fund 57, 601 97 

Undivided profits 20,550 77 

Total surplus $130,454 80 

The bank owns its ofiSce-building at 452 Main St., 
opp. City Hall; and besides obtaining admirable 
quarters for the transaction of its business, gets a 
good income from rents. The methods in vogue 
are practically the same as those of the great sav- 
ings banks in America; deposits from $1 to $1,000 
are put on interest on the ist day of Feb., March, 
Aug., and Nov., and allowed to accumulate only 
to the sum of $1,600. Dividends are paid Feb. 15 
and Aug. 15, and, if not withdrawn, are credited as 
deposits. The bank has never required any notice 
from depositors wishing to draw their money, al- 
though it has the privilege of so doing. The bank- 
ing hours are from 9 a.m. to 1 P.M., and from 2 to 4 
P.M.; on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to i P.M., and from 
6 to 8 P.M. 

PLEASURE DRIVES. — Among the many 
charming drives about Worcester, the following are 
unusually pleasant: — 



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Asnybumskit Hill. 
Bannister Mill. 
Bellevue. 
Bowlder. 
Davis's Cottage. 
Flagg's Retreat. 
Greenwood Road, Millbury. 
Happy Valley, West Boylston. 
Holden Poor Farm. 
Ledge. 
Lily Pond. 
Mulberry Grove. 
Purgatory, Sutton. 
Reservoir, Leicester. 
Silver Spring. 
Silver Cascade. 
Stone House Hill. 
Wachusett Mountain, Princeton. 
N. B. For a full description of these ano other 
drives, see the City Directory, first page. 

PLYMOUTH CHURCH (Congregational 
Trinitarian), org'd in 1869, is one of the most 
flourishing religious organizations in the city. It 
owns a beautiful stone edifice, cor. of Pearl and 
Chestnut Sis., erected in 1873, at a cost, includ- 
ing land, of $165,000. It has a fine chime and an 
excellent organ. Its auditorium will accommodate 
1,350 persons, and the chapel 800. Its graceful 
spire is 190 feet high. The pastor is the Rev. 
George W. Phillips, formerly of Colunibus, O. The 
dedicatory sermon was preached April 29, 1875, by 
the Rev. Dr. Alexander McKenzie of Cambridge. 
The Soc^iety maintains a good choir, under a com- 
petent director. See also Chimes. 



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POLICE - FORCE consists of the city mar- 
shal, two assistant marshals, one captain of night 
police, fifty-nine patrolmen, two detectives. There 
are also several constables, and special ofiScers ap- 
pointed annually by the mayor. There are one police- 
justice, and two special justices: criminal cases tried 
daily at City Hall at 9 a.m. The cost of the police 
department for 1881 was $61,269.89. 

PONDS. — The chief ponds in Worcester are: — 

Bell Pond. Belmont St. 

Coe's Reservoir. Western part of city. 

Curtis Pond. New Worcester. 

Green Pond. On Green Hill. 

Hermitage Pond. West side of Millstone Hill. 

North Pond. Near Northville, 228 acres. 

Patch's Pond. Western part of city. 

Quinsigamond Lake. 4 miles by y^ mile. 

Salisbury Pond. Bet. Salisbury and Grove Sts. ; 
area (including islands), 1,194,080 sq.ft. 

Smith, E. C. & Co.'s Reser^-oir, Western part of 
city. 

POOR FARM. — See Charities. 

POPULATION. — In 1850 the population 
was 17,049, in 1880 58,295. In 1882 it is upwards 
of 60,000. The United States census for 1880 gives 
the population by wards as follows : — 

^ 6,371 

"" 8,592 

3 • 8,393 

4 6,838 

I "• 10,426 

^ 6,055 



Ward 



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Ward 7 5.993 

" 8 5,627 

Total 58,295 

POST-OFFICE. — First established in Worces- 
ter Nov. 15, 1775; the famous printer and patriot 
Isaiah Thomas being appointed first postmaster by 
Benjamin Franklin, and retaining his office until 
1801. The present postmaster is Josiah Pickett. 
' Post-office Building is a handsome brick struc- 
ture on Pearl St., nr. Main. A large inner court 
has ranged around it the variows departments of the 
Post-office. The largest news-stand in the city is 
also here. 

Mails Arrive. 

From Boston and Eastern New England, at 
12.05,6.40, 10.00, a.m; 12.25, 3-45, 5-40, 7-35, P-M. 

From New York City and Foreign, 5.15, 9.00, 
A.M.; 1.40, 5.20, 9.45, P.M. 

Providence, 12.05, 6.40, 9.45, a.m.; 1.40,4.05, 
6.15, P.M. 

Norwich, 9.00 a.m., 6.30 p.m. 

Nashua, 9.45 A.M.; 4.30, 7.45, p.m. 

FiTCHBURG, 12.05, 9.45, A.M.; a.30, 7,45, P.M. 

Gardner, 9.45 a.m., 6.15 p.m. 
Canada, 9.45 a.m., 6.15 p.m. 

Mails Close. 
For Boston and Eastern New England, at 

6.30, 9.30, A.M. ; I.OO, 2.00, 4.30, 9.00, P.M. 

New York City and Foreign, at 5.50, 9.20, 
11.45, A.M.; 4-30. 6.30, 9.30, P.M. 



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Providence, at 7.00, 10.45, a.m.; 3.30, 4.30, 

5.4s, 7.40, P.M. 

Nashua, at 7.00, 9.00, a.m.; 4.30, 9.30, p.m. 

FlTCHBURG, at 5.50, 7.00, 10.45, A.M.; 4.30, P.M. 

Gardner, at 7.30 a.m., 5.45 p.m. 

Canada, at 7.30 a.m., 4.30 p.m. 

Office-Hours from 6.45 a.m. to 8 p.m.; except 
Sundays. On Sundays, from 9.45 to 10.30 a.m. 
Money-order business hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; close 
on Saturday at 2 p.m. 

Carriers' window open from 3 to 4 and 6.30 to 
8 P.M. Sundays, 9.45 to 10.50 a.m. 

PRIV-ATE SCHOOLS. — There are 15 pri- 
vate schools in Worcester, including College of the 
Holy Cross, Highland Military Academy, Normal 
School, Worcester Academy, and Free Institute of 
Industrial Science. Total number of pupils, about 
2,000. 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS. —Comprise i high, 113 
grammar, 79 primary, 7 evening, and 5 evening 
drawing schools. I'here are 40 schoolhouses. The 
"number of pupils February, 1882, was 9,056; in- 
crease during 1881, 115. Teachers, 235; increase 
during iBSt, 17. Expended for all purposes, $152,- 
435-57- Total valuation of all school property, 
$910,857.98. Instruction and repairs, $150,302.11.^1 
Increase over 1880, $10,580.20. Salaries ol teach-^ 
ers, $119,187.71. Cost for each ptipil, $16.47. 
Supt. of public schools, Albert P. Marble. Clerk, 
Chas. F. Pierce. 

The school year begins on the first Monday in 
September, and is divided into 4 terms, comprising 
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September, the Monday after Thanksgiving, the last 
Monday in February, the first Monday in May. 

Vacations are 9 weeks preceding the first Monday 
in September; after Wednesday noon. Thanksgiv- 
ing week; Christmas to New Year's, both inclusive; 
and one week preceding the first Monday in May. 

PURGATORY. — A remarkable chasm, wild 
and extremely picturesque, lying in thick woods, in 
the town of Sutton, 16 miles from Worcester. Ex- 
treme dimensions, 1,000 feet in length, 30 in width, 
and 60 in depth. 

QUINSIGAMOND BOAT - CLUB, org'd 
21 years ago, has a large brick boat-hous^ at Lake 
Quinsigamond, with a navy of about 30 boats. Be- 
sides developing an interest in aquatic sports, the 
club has a high rejjutation for musical and dramatic 
performances. It has played burlesques on "Ro- 
meo and Juliet," and " Hamlet," and " The Frog 
Opera," and an original play, " Lord Batemqn," 
giving something of this character each year. 
Prest., Joseph P. Mason ; treas., Joseph Rice; 
sec'y> John G. Heywood; capt., Rockwood Hoar. - 

QUINSIGAMOND LAKE. — A favorite 
pleasure-resort of the Indians formerly, and of the 
citizens of Worcester now. Famous for its college 
fc^ regattas, and its natural beauty. It lies on the east- 
^ em boundary of the town, and is 4 miles long, ex- 
tending from Grafton on the S. to W. Boylston 
on the N., and averages ^ mile in breadth. A 
portion of it was once spanned by a floating bridge; 
but a causeway, costing $26,000, was finished June 
27, 1862. There are several pleasant summer ho- 
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Lake View, has sprung up on the eastern slope of a 
hill nr . the lake. There is a schoolhouse, and also 
a meeting-house, where religious services are held. 
There are two steamboats, the " City of Worces- 
ter," and the " Addie." There are two hotels, the 
Blos's Island House, on the causeway, and the Ey- 
rie. Coburn's and O'Leary's boat-houses have each 
some 40 fine row-boats for hire. There is a bowling- 
alley near the station of the " Dummy" Railroad. 
At the S. end of the lake is a garden and tavern, 
called Quinsigamond Park; also, a race-track. Op- 
posite is Holden's Grove. There are several pri- 
vate boat-houses; and the Quinsigamond Boat-Club 
has convenient boat-houses N. of the Island House, 
on the W. shore. A dam at the S. end supplies 
water for New England Village Mills. The lake is 
reached by Worcester and Shrewsbury Narrow- 
gauge Railroad ("Dummy Road"); cars running 
hourly from Washington Sq., Union Depot. Omni- 
buses also run from Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 
See Omnibuses. 

RAILROAD STATIONS, THE feTEAM. 

— Passengers leaving Worcester City {the cen- 
tre), via any railroad whatever, must take the 
cars at Union Depot, Washington Sq. There 
are, however, in the outlying districts and villages of 
Worcester, several way-stations, for the accommo- 
dation of residents in those places. 

IJnion Passenger Station. — Built in 1875. 
One of the largest and most elegant depots in the 
country. It is 250 x 450 feet, covering about 4 acres 
of land, and costing three-fourths of a million dol- 
lars. The general style is Gothic. The clock-tower 



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is visible at a great distance. The roof is iron, 
double, and each section has a span of 125 feet. 
The material of the depot is a beautiful gray gran- 
ite. All the railroads of Worcester centre here, al- 
though there are small branch stations in different 
parts of the city. 

The other local stations are as follows: — 
_ Boston and Albany Railroad. — Jamesville Sta- 
tion, Ludlow St., nr. Stafford. 

Boston, Barre, and Gardner Railroad. — 
Lincoln Sq. and N. Worcester Station, junc. Holden 
and Brattle Sts. 

Worcester and Nashua Railroad. — Lincoln 
Sq. Station. 

Worcester and Nashua Railroad. — Summit 
Station, Burncoat St., nr. W. Boylston St., Ward 2. 

Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad. — 
(Narrow-gauge or "dummy.") Junc. Shrewsbury 
and Mulberry Sis., nr. Union Depot. 

Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad. — 
Lake View, on Quinsigamond Lake. 

It is pfoposed to build a passenger-station at 
Quinsigamond Village, on the Providence & Worces- 
ter road. 

RAILROADS, THE STEAM. 

Boston and Albany: opened to Worcester July 6, 
1836; to Sprmgfield, Oct. i, 1839; and to Albany, in 
1842. 

Boston, Barre, and Gardner: opened Sept. 4, 
1871. 

Norwich and Worcester: opened April i, 1840. 

Providence and Worcester: opened Oct. 25, 1847. 

Worcester and Nashua: opened Dec. 18, 1848. 

Worcester and Shrewsbury (narrow-gauge or 
" dummy ") : opened 1876. 



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The first railway to Worcester was the Boston 
and Albany (then Boston and Worcester). Its 
station stood on the site of the present Worcester 
Bank Block, on Foster St. The bell which gave 
warning of the departure of trains was suspended 
from a tree nr. the c. of Main St. The cars of that 
day were like the present English cars, — divided 
into two compartments, and having the doors on the 
sides, the conductor passing along on the outside 
of the car, by a narrow foot-way. There were at 
first 3 passenger trains a day to Boston, and the trip 
was made in from 23^ to 3 hours. The Boston and 
Albany road was originally projected in 1826, by 
Dr. Abner Phelps of Boston, a member of the 
Legislature. 

READING-ROOMS. 

Free Public. — Contains 233 papers and maga- 
zines, Americam and foreign. Open from 8 a.m. to 
9.30 P.M.; Sundays, 2 to 9 PM, 

Mechanics. — 321 Main. Papers, magazines, and 
scientific journals. Open, to members only, daily 
from 9 A.M. to 9.30 P.M., Sundays excepted. 

Missio7i Rooms. — In old Providence Depot, 
Green, opposite Temple. Open from 8 a.m. to 9 
P.M. Established December, 1881. 

Worcester Lyce^im and Natural History As- 
sociation.— ix Foster St. Open from 9 a.m. to 5 
P.M. Various scientific magazines and papers are 
taken. 

Young Men's Christian Association. — Con- 
tains numerous religious, and several daily, papers. 
Open from 8 a.m. to 10 P.M. 

REFORM-CLUB, THE WORCESTER.— 

Org'd in 1876, to help men who have become ad- 



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dieted to intemperance. It has smoking and read- 
ing rooms and an entertainment and lecture hall in 
the brick building No. 460 Main St. It has about 
60 members, paymg 50 cents a month each. The 
club often aids its needy members by giving them 
money, and getting them employment. 

REPRESENTATIVES OF WORCES- 
TER. 

Untied States Senate. — George Frisbie Hoar 
of Worcester; Heirry L. Dawes of Pittsfield. 

United States House of Representatives. — 
Wm. W. Rice of Worcester. 

Massachjisetts Seiiate. — Thomas J. Hastings 
of Worcester. 

MassacJinsetts House 0/ Representati'Sies. — 
Aaron G. W^alker,, Samuel A. Porter, Eugene M. 
Moriarty, D. F. O'Connell, John R. Thayer, Asaph 
R. Marshall, Edwin Ames, Wm. L. Clark, all of 
Worcester. 

RESERVOIRS. — The earliest reservoir of the 
city was a spring on the land of Daniel Goulding. 
He brought water from it to his buildings on Front 
St., in 1798. Several private aqueducts were built 
in old times, and some of them are still used. In 
1845 Bell Pond, situated on Chandler Hill, was 
used as a reservoir, or water-supply, by the city. In 
1855 16,000 gallons were pumped daily from Mill 
Brook. In 1865 a dam was placed across Lynde 
Brook. This dam gave way, and was totally de- 
stroyed, on Thursday, March 30, 1876; rebuilt in 
1877, ^t ^ cost of $112,528.64. The reservoir thus 
created, and called Nipnet Pond, has a capacity of 
681,000,000 gallons. 

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ROLLER SKATING. — See Skating Rink. 

RURAL CEMETERY. — See Cemeteries. 

SAVINGS BANKS.— Sec Banks. 

SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST CO., 
THE WORCESTER, is at 448 Main St. 
George M. Rice, president. 

SCHOOLS. — See Public Schools. 

SKATING RINK, THE WORCESTER 
ROLLER, occupies a large wooden building, 
erected in 1878, expressly for roller-skating. The 
site, including 2.3 acres, was bought from the Boston 
and Albany Railroad by H. H. Bigelow, who will 
shortly utilize the surrounding grounds for garden 
purposes. The building is 225 feet long and 100 feet 
wide. The skaiing-surface is 175 feet long and 70 
feet wide. The promenades all around the interior 
are 15 feet broad. The interior is gayly decorated 
with flags, banners, etc., and, when lighted at night, 
makes an attractive appearance. Music is furnished 
on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons and on all 
week-day evenings; audit is enjoyable to see the 
throng of men, women, and children performing 
the several hundred possible evolutions on roller- 
skates. The rmk is open from 10 a.m. to 12 m., 2 
to 4.30 P.M., and 7.45 to 10.30 p.m. In the summer- 
time the building and grounds are used for light 
operas and other entertainments, and as a public 
garden. The proprietor is H. H. Bigelow, and the 
manager J. F. Bigelow. 

SOCIETIES. 

Allen Associates. — 10 Douglas St. 
Foresters, United Order of. — Secretary, 94 
Washington St. 



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Masons. — Pearl, P. O. Block, nr. Main St. 

Odd Fellows, Grand United Order of . — War- 
ren Block, Pearl St. 

Odd Felloius, Independent Order of. — 11 
Pleasant St. and Chapin Block, Pearl St. 

SPY, THE WORCESTER DAILY.— 

444 Main. Established in 1770, in Boston, by Isaiah 
Thomas, the patriot printer and publisher. It was 
first called the ]\[assach2isetts Spy. Thomas was 
one of the "Traitors" upon whose head a price 
was set by the British. He escaped to Worcester. 
The last number of his journal issued in Boston 
bore the date April 6, 1775. On the 3d of May in 
the same year the paper appeared in Worcester with 
the motto in large type: "Americans! Liberty or 
Death! Join or Die!" It is now in its one hundred 
and twelfth year. The weekly edition is called by 
the old name MassacJuisetts Spy; and full files 
of it may be seen in the Worcester Free Public 
Library and in the rooms of the American Antiqua- 
rian Society of Worcester. The first thing ever 
printed in Worcester was the first number of the 
Spy, and the paper has grown with the growth of 
the city. In Alay, 1775, it printed the first account 
of the battle of Ticond^roga, which the London 
papers copied. There have been remarkably few 
changes in the ownership of the paper. Three firms 
span the time from the start to the present; namely, 
Isaiah Thomas, John Milton Earle, and John D. 
Baldwin & Sons. The present editors and publish- 
ers are John D. Baldwin, John S. Baldwin, and C. 
C. Baldwin. They have published the Spy for the 
past 23 years. 



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The old simple press, similar to Ben. Franklin's 
press, on which the Spy was printed loo years ago, 
maybe seen at the hall of the American Antiquarian 
Society. It is the old press used by Isaiah Thomas 
in Revolutionary days, and is in striking contrast to 
the ccmpliccfted and costly machine which is re- 
quired to print the Spy to-day. The ancient press 
would print less than 200 an hour, while the great 
Hoe rotary four-cylinder pre%s which the large cir- 
culation of the Spy requires now has a capacity of 
10,000 an hour. 

SQUARES. — See Parks. 

STAGES AND OMNIBUSES. 

Barre. — Leaves i Pleasant St. at 4.45 P.M.; 
returning, arrives in Worcester at 12.15 P-^'- 

Cherry Valley, Leicester, and Spencer. — 
Leaves 349 Main St. at 10.30 a.m. for Cherry Val- 
ley and Leicester. Leaves at 4.30 p.m. for Cherry 
Valley, Leicester, and Spencer. Leaves Spencer at 
7 A.M. Leaves Leicester at 8 a.m. and 1.30 p.m., 
arriving in Worcester at 9 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. 
Saturdays, leaves at 9 p.m. for Cherry Valley and 
Leicester. 

Marlboro' , Northboro' , and Shreivsbziry. — 
Leaves 349 Main St. at 4 p.m.. Union Depot at 4.15 
P.M. Returning, leaves Marlboro' at 7, Northboro' 
at 8, Shrewsbury' at 8.45, arriving at Worcester at 
9.30 A.M. 

Millbury. — Leaves 330 Main St. at 11.30 A.M. 
and 5 P.M. Returning, leaves Millbury at 8 a.m. 
and 2 p.m. 

Paxton. — Leaves Bay State House at 4. p.m.; 



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leaves Pax ton at 7.50 a.m., arriving at Worcester 
at 9.10 A.M. 

Shreivsdnry. — Leaves 24 Front St. at 10.30 
A.M. and s P.M., arriving in Shrewsbury at 11.30 
A.M. and 6 p.m.; returning, arrives in Worcester at 
q.30 A.M. and 2 P.M. » 

STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 

CO., of Worcester, is one of the oldest, strongest, 
and best life-uisurarice companies in the United 
States. No other company has given equal satisfac- 
tion to policy-holders, and none offers greater advan- 
tages to persons desiring insurance. This company 
was org'd in 1845, and from the beginning has been 
recognized throughout the country as one of the 
most conservative and trustworthy corporations. It 
began with only $50,000 cash capital, and to-day its 
assets are almost $3,000,000. It is a purely mutual 
life-insurance company, conducting its affairs on 
sound business principles, but wholly for philan- 
thropic purposes. Every department is conducted on 
the most economical basis; the company constantly 
and positively avoiding all expensive or experimental 
efforts to enlarge its business, which has, however, 
gradually and regularly increased; its old policy- 
holders continuing in greater proportions than those 
of almost any other company. Under the Mass. laws 
its policies are absolutely non-forfei table for failure 
to pay subsequent premiums. The policies issued 
to the insured are as liberal, and the settlements for 
losses are as equitable and generous and prompt, as 
those of any company in the world. The officers 
and directors are always among the most highly 
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was Gov. John Davis, 1845-54; the second, Hon. 

I Isaac Davis, 1854-82; the third, Gov. A. H. Bul- 
lock, who died shortly after taking the office; and 

I the fourth and present prest. is Phihp L. Moen 
of the Washburn & Moen Manufg Co. The vice- 
pres't is Dr. Thomas H. Gage, one of the most 
eminent of New England physicians, a resident of 

I Worcester for the past 30 years. The sec'y is 

i Clarendon Harris, who is the veteran life-insurance 
officer in this country, having held the same office 
since the company was organized, 38 years ago. 
The ass't sec'y is Henry M. Wheeler, who has been 
connected with this company for the past 20 years; 
and J. D. E. Jones has been the supt. of agencies for 
17 consecutive years. The company's offices are 
in the granite building No. 240 Main St., in Wo'rces- 
ter; and its agencies arc established in leading cities 

I of the United States. 

STATISTICS. 

t Valuation (personal) $10,540,839 

{ Valuation (real) $32,065,700 

I Miles of streets, ways, etc. . . . 208 

Miles of sewers 38 

Number of deaths in 1880 .... 1,290 

' Deaths in 1881 1,212 

Receipts in 1881 $2,138,859.56 

Expenditures in 1881 $2,135,328.83 

Number of dwellings 6,688 

Number of polls 16,070 

Number of street-lamps .... 1,621 

Niunber of commons and squares . 10 

Names in City Directory .... 24,710 
City election . . . Tues. after 2d Mon. in Dec 



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City Government organized . . ist Mon. in Jan. 
Regular water-rates begin .... June i 

Metred water rates payable . . April i and Oct. i 

State tax for 1881 $42,765 

County tax for 1881 34,570 

City tax for 1881 654,700 

ST. ANNE'S CATHOLIC BURYING- 
GROUND. — See Cemeteries. 

ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC BURYING- 
GROUND. — See Cemeteries. 

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH (Roman Catholic), 
on Chatham, cur. High St., is one of the finest 
church edifices in the county, and cost, with the 
land,»upwards of $200,000. lis erection was begun 
in 1868; the corner-stone being laid by Archbishop 
Williams of Boston. The first mass was celebrated 
July 4, 1869. The dedication took place July 4, 1876. 
The structure is of granite, in the Gothic style of 
architecture. It is 185 feet long, and 90 feet wide, 
and the spire is to be 200 feet high. The marble 
statue of St. Paul, on a pedestal over the main 
entrance, was brought from Rome, and presented by 
Mrs. George Crompton, who also gave the beautiful 
stained-glass windows. 

TATNUCK BURYING-GROUND. — See 

Cemeteries. 

TAXATION. — Lowest rate of taxation since 
the incorporation of the city was $6.50 on $1,000,' 
in 1852; the highest was $17.50, in 1867. The rate 
of taxation in 1881 was $16.80; in 1S80, $17.40." 
The incra&se in taxation in i88r, over that of 1880, 
was $3,371 ; the total tax for 1881 being $747,847. 
The tax on the 16,070 polls was $2 each. 



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TAYLOR'S GRANITE BLOCK. — See 

ChoUar's Furniture Establishment. 

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.— The Worces- 
ter Division of the Eastern Telephone Co. has its 
mainolTice on the fourth Hoor of Harrington's Block, 
cor. Main and Front Sts. In Worcester there are 
about Soo subscribers. A peculiar feature is the 
striking of fire-alarms: a fire taking place on the 
premises of a subscriber, he notifies the Telephone 
Exchange, which is in instantaneous speaking com- 
munication with all the engine-houses. This ex- 
change is in connection with the principal cities of 
New England. The teleplione was put in operation 
here in May, 1879, by the National Bell Telephone 
Co. of Boston, the change to the new company taking 
place in 18S0. The general manager is Loren N. 
Downs. 

1 TEMPERANCE.— Worcester has the usual 
variety of secret and open temperance organizations, 
including Sons of Temperance, Good Templars, 

I Temple of Honor, Father INLithew Mutual Benefit 

j Total-Abstinence Society, Praying Women's Tem- 
perance Union, Reform and Temperance Clubs, St. 
Paul's Total-Abstinence Society, colored temper- 
ance organizations, and the Episcopal Church Tem- 

[perance Society. All these are active in their several 

[ fields, and are doing good work. 

i UPHOLSTERY. — See ChoUar's Furniture- 
I Establishment. 

I VAILL'S FOLDING-CHAIR MANUFAC- 

I TORY is one of the most noteworthy establishments 
n America. It is the result, the lifetime work, of a 



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most energetic and well-directed effort of a prudent 
and thoughtful man, E. W. Vaill, who is still actively 
engaged "in superintending and developing a busi- 
ness which has already reached an almost incredible 
magnitude. Here in Worcester folding chairs varymg 
in value from one to fifty dollars each are shipped 
to all the comers of the globe; this manufactory 
having duly established branch houses in New- York 
City; Melbourne, Australia; Alexandria, Egypt; 
and London, England. Mr. Vaill began business in 
T848, and ever since then has maintained an unques- 
tioned credit and unsurpassed reputation for trust- 
worthiness. At first occupying only a small store 
opposite the Bay State House, he now occupies one 
of the finest factories in the country; imniense, well- 
constructed five-story brick buildmgs, with a floor- 
surface of about two acres, and equipped m every 
department with the best tools, machinery, and ap- 
purtenances. Beginning as a maker of plain army 
camp-chairs, he now manufactures almost every 
conceivable form of folding chairs, made of all kinds 
of hard wood, with all sorts of finish, and 'in every 
variety of upholstery. Mr. Vaill, although owning 
innumerable patents which would in themselves 
insure him almost a monopoly, has, nevertheless, 
uniformly sought for success by putting forth at rea- 
sonable figures only such goods as he was willing 
to indorse fully for all that was claimed for them. 
In speaking of the Vaill folding chairs, a writer 
iustly said that their success " is due primarily to 
the distinctive features of this now universally popu- 
lar piece of furniture, and to the fact that_ the 
founder of this enterprise gave it great business 
skill, rigid integrity, and a determination to hold his 
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VALUATION. —The total valuation of real 
and personal estate, m 1850, was $11,082,301; in 
; 1881 it was $43,206,539. 

1 VILLAGES. — The villages of Worcester are 
located as follows: — 

Barnardiille. — Webster St., opposite cemetery. 

Bloommgdale. — Bioomingdale road and Planta- 
> tion St. 

j Greendale. — W. Boylston, nr. Ararat St. 
t Hope-dTlle. — Sutlon Lane, nr. Webster Sq. 

yainesville. — S. of Stafford, nr. Auburn. 

New IVorcester. — ]\.mc. Main and Leicester, 
and Cambridge and Webster. 

North Pond. — Holden road. 

Nortliville. — W. Boylston St. 

Qiiinsignmo7id Village. — Millbury St. 

So7itli Worcester. — June. Southbridge and Cam- 
■ bridge Sts. 

Tatnitck. — June. Mill, Mower, and Pleasant Sts. 

Troivbridgeville. — Webster, nr. Auburn St. 

Valley Falls. — Leicester St. 

i WACHUSETT CLUB is a private social 
j association of young men, org'd in 1877, with 22 

charter members, 17 of whom still remain connected 
I with the club. It has 24 members, and has pleas- 
l^nily furnished parlor, reading-room, and billiard- 
,room, at Harrington Corner. 

WARDS. 
j Ward 1. — Beginning at the centre of Main St. 

at a point opposite the centre of Walnut St.; thence 
Uo and by the centre of Walnut St. to Chestnut St.; 
, thence to and by the centre of Chestnut St. to a 
J point opposite the centre of William St. ; thence to 



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aiid by the centre of William St. and in a direct 
line crossing West St. to the centre of Agricultural 
St.; thence in a direct line to the junc. of Cataract 
St. with the boundary-line between Worcester and 
Holden; thence by the boundary-line between 
Worcester and Holden to the main track of the 
Boston, Darre, and Gardner Railroad; thence by 
the main track of the Boston, Barre, and Gardner 
Railroad to its intersectioii with the main track 
of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad at Barber's 
Crossing ; thence by the main track of the Worces- 
ter and Nashua Railroad to a point opposite the 
centre of Lincoln Sq. ; thence to and by the centre 
of Lincoln Sq. to the centre of Main St.; thence 
by the centre of AL^in St. to the point of beginning. 
Ward 2. — Beginning at the centre of Main St. 
at a point opposite the centre of Exchange St.; 
thence by the centre of Main St. and Lincoln Sq. 
to the main track of the Worcester and Nashua 
Railroad; thence by the main track of the Worces- 
ter and Nashua Railroad to its intersection with the 
main track of the Boston, Barre, and Gardner Rail- 
road at Barber's Crossing; thence by tlie main track 
of the Boston, Barre, and Gardner Railroad to the 
boundary-line between Worcester and Holden; 
thence by the boundary-line between Worcester and 
Holden and Worcester and W. Boylslon to the N. 
E. corner of the ciiy; thence by the boundary-line 
between Worcester and W. Boylston and Worces- 
ter and Shrewsbury to a stone monument set in the 
ground at the northerly end of Quinsigamond Pond, 
and at an angle in said boundary-line; thence by the 
boundary-line between Worcester and Shrewsbury 
to Belmont St. ; thence to and by the centre of Bel- 



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mont St. to a point opposite the centre of Shrews- 

. bury St. ; thenae to and by the centre of Shrewsbury 

; St. to a point opposite the centre of E. Central St.; 

thence to and by the centre of E. Central Si. to 

j Summer St. ; thence to and by the centre of Sum- 

( mer St. to a point opposite the centre of E.vchange 

j , St. ; thence to and by the centre of Exchange St. to 

1 the point of beginning. 

j IVard Three. — Beginning at the centre of 
I Main St. at a point opposite the centre of Ex- 
change St.; thence to and by the centre of Ex- 
change St^ to Summer St.; thence to and by the 
centre of Summer St. to a point opposite the centre 
of East Central St.; thence to and by the centre of 
East Central St. to Shrewsbury St. ; thence to and 
by the centre of Shrewsbury St. to Belmont St.; 
thence to and by the centre of Belmont St. to the 
I boundary-line bet. Worcester and Shrewsbury; 
thence by the boundary-line bet. Worcester and 
Shrewsbury, Worcester and Grafton, and Worces- 
j ter and Millbury, to the centre of Grafton St.; 
thence by the centre of Grafton St. to the main 
j track of the Boston and Albany Railroad; thence 
by the main track of the Boston and Albany Rail- 
i road to Green St. ; thence to and by the centre of 
I Green St. and Trumbull Sq. to Park St.; thence 
I to and by the centre of Park St. to Main St. ; 
, thence to and by the centre of Main St. to the point 
of beginning. 

Ward Four. — Beginning at the centre of 

I Green St. at the point where it intersects with the 

I main track of the Boston and Albany Railroad; 

thence by the track of the Boston and Albany 

Railroad to Grafton St; thence to and by the cen- 



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tre of Grafton St. to the boutidary-line bet. Worces- 
ter and Millbury; thence by the boundary-line bet. 
Worcester and Millbury to the centre of Granite 
St.; thence by the centre of Granite St. to its 
junction with Winlhrop St. ; thence to and by the 
centre of Winthrop St. to Vernon St. ; thence to 
and by the centre of Vernon St. to a point opposite 
the centre of Endicott St.; thence to and by the- 
centre of Endicott St. to Millbury St.; thence to 
and by the centre of Millbury St. to Green St.; 
thence to and by the centre of Green St, to the 
point of beginning. ' 

Ward Five. — Beginning at the centre of Greefl 
St. at the point where it intersects with the main 
track of the Boston and Albany Railroad; thence 
by the centre of Green St. to Millbury St.; thence 
to and by the centre of Millbury St. to a point 
opposite the centre of Endicott .St. ; thence to and 
by the centre of Endicott St. to Vernon St. ; thence 
to and by the centre of Vernon St. to a point oppo- 
site the centre of Winlhrop St; thence to and by 
the centre of Winthrop St. to Granite St.; thence 
to and by the centre of Granite St. to the boundary- 
Une bet. Worcester and Millbury; thence by the 
boundary-line bet. Worcester and Millbury and 
Worcester and Auburn to the main track of the 
Norwich and Worcester Railroad; thence by the 
main track of the Morwich and Worcester Rail- 
road to the main track of the Boston and Albany 
Railroad nr. the Junction Depot; thence by the 
main track of the Boston and Albany Railroad to 
Southbridge St. ; thence to and by the centre of 
Soulhbridge St. to a point opposite the centre of 
Madison St. ; thence to and by the centre of Madi- 



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son St. to a point opposite the centre of Portland 
St.; thence to and by the centre of Portland St. 
to Park St.; thence to and by the centre of Park 
St. and Trumbull Sq. to Green St.; thence to and 
by the centre of Green St. to the place of begin- 
ning. 

Ward Six. — Beginning at the centre of Main 
St. at a point opposite the centre of Park St.; 
thence to and by the centre of Park St. to a point 
opposite the centre of Portland St. ; thence to and 
by the centre of Portland St. to Madison St.; 
thence to and by the centre of Madison St. to 
where it intersects with Southbridge St.; thence 
to and by the centre of Southbridge St. to the 
main track of the Boston and Albany Railroad; 
thence by the main track of the Boston and Albany 
Railroad to tlie main track of the Norwich and 
Worcester Railroad nr. the Junction Depot; 
thence by the main track of the Norwich and 
Worcester Railroad to the boundary-lme bet. ' 
Worcester and Auburn; thence by the boundary- 
line bet. Worcester and Auburn to the boundary- 
line bet. Worcester and Leicester; thence by the 
boundary-line bet. Worcester and Leicester to the 
centre of Leicester St. ; thence to and by the centre 
of Leicester St. to Main St. ; thence to and by tlie 
centre of Main St. to the point of beginning. 

Ward Seven. — Beginning at the centre of 
Main St. at a point opposite the centre of Chat- 
ham St. ; thence to and by the centre of Main St. 
to Leicester St. ; thence to and by the centre of 
Leicester St. to the boundary-line bet, Worcester 
and Leicester; thence by the boundary-line bet. 
Worcester and Leicester to Fowler St.; thence 



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easterly in a direct line to a point where Chandler 
St. intersects with June St.; thence to and by the 
centre of Chandler St. to a point opposite the cen- 
tre of Newbury St. ; thence to and by the centre 
of Newbury St. to a point opposite the centre of 
Chatham St. ; thence to and by the centre of Chat- 
ham St. to Main St.; thence in a direct line to the 
point of beginning. 

Ward Ei^ht, — Beginning at the centre of 
Main St. at a point opposite tlie centre of Chatham 
St.; thence to and by the centre of Chatham St. 
to Newbury St. ; thence to and by the centre of 
Newbury St. to Chandler St.; thence to and by the 
centre of Chandler St. to a point opposite the centre 
of June St.; thence westerly in a direct line to Fow- 
ler St. at its junction with the boundary-line bet. 
Worcester and Leicester; thence by the boimdary- 
line bet. Worcester and Leicester to the N.-W. cor. 
of the city; thence by the boundary-line bet. 
Worcester and Pax ton and Worcester and Holden 
to its junction with Cataract St. ; thence in a direct 
line to a point on the E. side of Agricultural St. at 
the S.-W. cor. of die grounds of the Ai:ricu!tural 
Society; thence in a direct line to William St.; 
thence to and by the centre of William St. to Chest- 
nut St. ; thence to and !jy the centre of Chestnut St. 
to Walnut St.; thence to and by the centre of Wal- 
nut St. to Main St. ; thence lo and by the centre of 
Main St. to the point of beginning. 

WARD ROOMS. 

Ward 1. — Walnut St. Schoolhousc. 
Ward 2. — Belmont St. Schoolhousc. 
Ward 3. — Armory, Waldo St. 



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Ward 4. — Ledge St. Schoolhouse. 
Ward 5. —City Hall, Room 12. 
Ward 6. — 615 Mam St. 
Ward 7. — Ante-room, City Hall. 
Ward 8. — 0.\ford St. Schoolhouse. 

WASHBURN & MOEN MANUFAC- 
TURING COMPANY of Worcester is one of 
the largest industries of any kind, and unquestion- 
ably the largest of its own kind, in the world. The 
whole establishment is devoted to the manufacture 
of iron and steel wire, plam and barbed. The works 
are partly on Grove St. in Worcester, and partly at 
Qumsigamond Village. They occupy an area of 23 
acres; the buildings, almost wholly of brick, are 
built in the most substantial manner, and are model 
manufactories in every respect. The Grove-st. works 
alone present a continuous front of 600 feet of soUd 
brick; to which the chief central building, containing 
the main offices of the company, and having massive 
proportions ami a shapely tower, gives an excellent 
architectural effect. It was on this site that the first 
Washburn Wire Mill was built to utilize the Mill 
Brook, \t-hose waters still flow through the adjoining 
Salisbury Pond. The Washburn and Moen Manu- 
facturing Company is the result df a business estab- 
lished fifty-one years ago. It employs 3,000 men, 
and uses 3,000-horse-power for driving its machinery. 
The floor surface of the works includes over 12 acres. 
Although only wire is made here, nevertheless, as 
there are now nearly one hundred varieties, there is, 
after all, a variety of work carried on in these im- 
mense works. The various wires include the differ- 
cnt kinds used for telegraph and telephone, for wire 



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cloth, barbed-wire fences, bird-cages, wire rope, and 
the innumerable list of articles in which wire is more 
or less used. This company is undoubtedly the 
institution which, more than any other, makes 
Worcester and her products known the world over; 
for the wire made here is shipped to all parts of both 
hemispheres. The officers are also among the most 
patriotic, most philanthropic, and best-known resi- 
dents of New England. They take an active inter- 
est in every thing that is likely to prove advantageous 
to the city, county, and State; and their names are 
familiar in every quarter. The prest. and treasurer 
is Philip L. Moen, who is also at the head of many 
local institutions. The vicc-prest. and sec'y is 
Charles F. Washburn, the nephew of Ichabod 
Washburn, the founder of the business; and the 
general supermtendent is Charles H. Morgan. 

WASHBURN FREE DISPENSARY, ii 
Trumbull St., incorporated 1874. Supported by a 
fund given by the late Ichabod Washburn, and man- 
aged by trustees of the Memorial Hospital. Albert 
Wood, supt 

WASHINGTON CLUB is a large organiza- 
tion which, for a score or more years, has main- 
tained private rooms for social purposes in Clark's 
Block, Main Street. Its members include many 
prominent citizens. Prest., F. B. Norton; sec'y* 
Wm. Heald. 

WATER-DEPARTMENT. — The dam and 
reservoir are at Lynde Brook, situated sfi miles 
from City Hall. Area of water-shed, 1,870 acres. 
The depth of water at dam is 37.4; the capacity of 
reservoir is 681,000,000 gallons; elevation above 



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City Hall, 481.25 feet. Hunt Reservoir, used for 
distribution, has a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons. 
3,000,000 gallons a day are pumped. Number of 
miles of main pipe, 87.7; miles of service-pipe, 47 6. 
Cost of department in iSSt, $60,819 92. Total cost 
of water- works to Dec. i, 1881, $1,294,577.95. 

WHITCOMB'S ENVELOPE FACTORY 

is one of the several great manufacturing establish- 
j ments which make Worcester known throughout 
this country. Here more than one million envelopes 
are made every day, and shipped to leading jobbers 
and stationers in the prmcipal States in the Union. 
Every size, shape, and quality of envelope is made; 
and, although there is an almost endless hst of varie- 
ties in regular stock, the firm is prepared to make 
to order, in large or small quantities, every thing 
else that any one may desire in the way of enve- 
I lopes. The business was begun in 1864 by G. Henry 
1 Whitcomb, who at first made only 3,000 envelopes 
a day, while the product now amounts to 400 times 
j that number. Upwards' of 1,000 tons of paper are 
, made yearly into about 350,000,000 envelopes. The 
buildings are all of brick, very attractive outside, 
and extremely neat inside. They are three stories 
I and a half high above the basement, making five 
I available floors about 200 feet long with an average 
I' width of about 50 feet. They are provided with 
j every convenience, and are equipped throughout 
with unique and valuable patented machinery in- 
vented by men in their employ, and owned and run 
\ exclusively hj^ this firm. The Whitcombs are among 
I the most industrious and most highly esteemed busi- 
' ness-men of Worcester. G. Henry Whitcomb built 



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as his residence the beautiful Monson granite edi- 
fice, cor. of Highland and Harvard Sts. David 
Whitcomb, the senior partner, was originally the 
treasurer of the Worcester Co. Free Institute, and 
was once the business partner of John Boynton of 
Templeton, who gave $100,000 to that institution; 
of which, also, Mr. Whitcomb has himself been one 
of the trustees and chief benefactors. The ambition of 
this firm is to satisfy in every respect its customers, 
striving always to retain every customer once on its 
books by so transacting its business that no one can 
gain any thing by changing his orders to another 
envelope manufacturer. Very rarely is its advertise- 
ment seen, and they do not keep travelling sales- 
men to solicit orders; yet its capacity is taxed to its 
utmost, while many orders are necessarily declined. 
In very few manufactories can one find more inter- 
esting machinery than in this envelope factory of G, 
Henry Whitcomb & Co. 

WOOD-ENGRAVING. — See Kyes& Wood- 
bury. 

WORCESTER ART SOCIETY has been 
org'd about 6 years; has nearly 200 members; holds 
bi-monthly meetings for papers on art topics; and 
has given three extended exhibitions of paintings. 
Its object is to develop a popular knowledge of and 
taste for art. Prest., Rev. E. H. Hall; treas., 
E. B. Hamilton; sec'y. John G. Heywood. 

WORCESTER ART STUDENTS' CLUB 
has 30 active members devoted to practical artwork. 
Each member is pledged to exhibit ne\^work at each 
monthly meeting. Meets at 377 Mam St. the last 
Friday evening in each month, and also meets in- 



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formally for sketch-practice on Wednesday even- 
ings. It has quite a large list of honorary members. 
Prest., Geo. E. Gladwin; treas.. Miss Jennie L. 
Soulhwick. 

WORCESTER CO-OPERATIVE SAV- 
ING FUND AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, 
incorporated Oct. 19, 1877. Aims to help people 
buy houses, pay off mortgages, build homes, and 
save money. It is a mutual buildmg association, 
where the members who have money to spare lend 
it to other members to build houses; the borrowers 
giving security, and paymg interest. Its author- 
ized capital is $1,000,000, and the shareholders pay 
in $1 a month on each share. The ass'n now has 
500 shareholders, holding 2,800 shares. Its meeting- 
room is in iMechanics Hall. 

WORCESTER COUNTY. — The largest 
county in the State. Drained by the Assabet, lilack- 
stone, Chicopee, Miller's, French, Nashua, Qume- 
baug, and Ware Rivers. Surface undulating and 
hilly, and covered with forests. The county contains 
Wachusett Mt., 2,018 ft. high. Manufacturing is a 
prominent industry. Besides the railroads mentioned 
m this book under " Railroads," the county is inter- 
sected by the New York and New England, the 
Boston, Clinton, and Fitchburg, and the Massa- 
chusetts Central. The county has of the population 
of the United States .005 per cent; of all the inven- 
tions made in the United States, .012 per cent; of 
the population of New England, .06 per cent; of 
the inventions of New England, .06 per cent. Area 
about 1,500 sq. miles. 



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WORCESTER COUNTY FREE INSTI- 
TUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE.— 
See Free Institute. 

WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY, org. 1840. Prest., Francis 
H. Dewey; sec'y> Edw. W. Lincoln. Owns Hor- 
ticultural Hall, a fine public building on Front St., 
and a very valuable special library of over 2,000 
vols. It was established by the Lincoln, Paine, and 
Earle families of the last generation, and has devel- 
oped horticultural taste here until the Society ranks 
among the first in the country. For years it held 
great autumnal exhibitions, and now has weekly 
exhibitions, Thursday afternoons, with liberal pre- 
miums. In winter meetings are devoted to papers 
by experts, and horticultural discussions. The 
" Transactions" of the Society, and reports of its 
secretary, are among the most valuable contribu- 
tions to the literature on New-England horticulture. 

WORCESTER COUNTY MUSICAL AS- 
SOCIATION. — Established in 1863, at the dose 
of a musical convention held in Mechanics' Hall. 
The first musical convention held in Worcester 
County was in 1852. Great masterpieces are 
brought out, and solid work done, at the annual 
assemblies in September, which continue five days. 
Eight grand concerts are given. Prest., Hon. Wm. 
R. Hill of Wilkinsonville. Sec'y, A. C. Munroe of 
Worcester. 

WORCESTER DISTRICT MEDICAL 
SOCIETY, organized 1S04, but the foundation was 
practically laid ten years previously. It is subordi- 



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nate to the Massachusetts Medical Society. Annual 
meeting and election of officers, second Wednesday 
in May. Its library of 5,000 volumes is kept in the 
Free Public Library building. Emerson Warner, 
prest. 

WORCESTER LYCEUM AND NATUR- 
AL HISTORY ASSOCIATION.— Organized 
1829. In August, 1856, look the name of the Young 
Men's Library Association. Has a'-'sorbed several 
other associations. Incorporated in 1866. The 
Natural History Department organized in 1854, 
with Rev. Dr. E. E. Hale as chairman, when the 
Lyceum of Natural History transferred to it its col- 
lection^;. In January, 1853, the library was opened. 
In 1856 Dr. John Green placed his library at its dis- 
posal, and ni 1859 all the books of the society were 
transferred to the Free Public Library. The asso- 
ciation is now chiefly scientific, and aims to instruct 
by classes and courses of lectures. The botani- 
cal, conchological, ornuhological, and geological 
and mineral collections are very large and interest- 
ing, containing respectively about 1,500, 4,000, 600, 
and 2,000 specimens. The nine rcoms are extremely 
pleasant, the parlor being handsomely furnished 
and decorated with paintings. One of the objects 
of the society is to form a complete museum of 
the natural history of Worcester Coimty. Branch 
societies are being formed: one was established at 
East Templeton in 18S1, under the presidency of 
Capt. V. P. Parkhurst. At Westboro', Oxford, 
Spencer, and Millbury, branch societies are in pro- 
cess of formation. It is proposed to form societies 
in every town in the county. The winter even- 
ing classes have been very successful. A course 



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of lectures in zoology by Mr. J. S, Kingsley, the 
custodian of the society, was given in 1882. Within 
two years 600 members have been added to the so- 
ciety. Museum, reading-room, and parlor open free 
to all from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Worcester Bank Block, 
on Foster St. 

WORCESTER SAFETY DEPOSIT AND 
TRUST CO. — Geo. M. Rice, prest.; Edw. F. 
Bisco, sec'y — is chartered, with $200,000 capital, 
and transacts all banking business except the issu- 
ing of bills. It has large and strong safes, with 
small compartments rented to subscribers, for the 
safe keeping of valuable papers, etc., and also 
receives valuables on general deposit. It offers 
trustworthy security against loss by thieves and 
fire. 

WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTI- 
• QUITY. — Rooms Worcester Bank Block. Is 
practically, although not actually, the successor of 
the Worcester County Historical Society, which was 
incorporated Feb. 19, 1831, to gather statistics for a 
full history of the county. 

Society of Antiquity, established Jan. 24, 1875. 
Prest., E. B. Crane. Ooject of society, promotion 
of local antiquarian science and research. Regular 
meeting, first Tuesday evening of each month. 
Membership fee, .$2.00. The society has a valu- 
able librarj' of about 8.000 vols, and pamphlets. 
Four vols, illustrating local antiquities have already 
been published. 

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO- 
CIATION. —411 Main St. Organized 18&4. 
Opjcn from 8 a.m. to 10 P.M. Reception-room, 
reading-room. 



MACULLAR & SON 

Are the only firm in Worcester 
County who sell the Clothing made 
by MACULLAR, PARKER, & 
COMPANY of BOSTON. This 
Clothing is universally acknowledged 
to be of the best materials, of the 
strongest make, in the most accepta- 
ble styles, and at the lowest prices 
for the quality of the goods. The 
firm do their own importing and their 
own manufacturing, and consequently 
their patrons deal directly with first 
hands in all particulars. 

Every garment offered for sale is 
guaranteed in all its details. 



MACULLAR & SON^ 

LINCOLN BLOCK, WORCESTER, 



MAC 
coin E 

Choi 
ing, dr 014 111 066 ^0 

A large assortment Heavy 
and Lright-'weight Overcoats, 
faultless in detail. 

Single Garments in variety. 

The above equal in every 
respect to custom garments, 
at a saving to the purchaser 
of from 20 to 25 per cent on 
custom prices. 

MACULLAR & SON, 372 
and 374 Main Street, ^Vorces- 
ter. 



